Well, Jessica goes to Washington D.C. in less than two weeks. We went shopping this weekend for some new clothing for her politcal debut. lol The Jr. National Young Leaders Conference is a gathering of some of the most gifted middle-school age kids in the country. About 250 kids from around the United States spend 6 days touring landmarks, museums, listening to top notch speakers, and participating in a great number of leadership training activities. She'll be busy from abou 6 a.m. every morning until about 8 p.m. every night and, knowing Jess, she's going to love every minute of it. Still, while proud, I'm a nervous wreck. My daughter is going to be about 1500 miles away for a week, and then visiting her grandparents in New Jersey for the weekend following, so I won't see her for about 9 days. This is a first. It's a great opportunity for her and she has definitely earned it, but I'm Mom so I will sit and be worried and wait for her phone call every night to tell me what a great tiem she's having. I just won't feel content until she's back at home, safe and sound, after it's all over.

They grow up too fast...