First Date

Last night, I had the opportunity to take my 16-year-old daughter on her first car date. We had a wonderful time talking and laughing. She has become such a beautiful young lady with an ever-growing mind and spirit that I sometimes forget to enjoy. It's wonderful to be able to carry on an adult conversation with your offspring. My mother had always said that she enjoyed her children much more as adults than as little ones. I am beginning to see what she means. 
When I first asked Katie to let me take her out, I got the teenager eye-roll and the impression that she was too cool to be seen with me. However, I later learned from anonymous adults that she was actually excited about our night. We started with me parking in the driveway, walking to the door, talking to her mother (telling her our plans), and then we walked to the car. She even spontaneously took my arm and let me open the door for her. On the way to dinner, our plans changed and she said, "Let me call my mother and tell her what we are doing". 
We had planned to go to dinner and then a movie, but as we were finishing dinner she said, "Why don't we just go home. You haven't seen your wife much today. We can pick up a movie and watch it as a family." Choking back the tears brought by her unselfishness, we came back home and spent the rest of the evening as a family. She later asked if we could go out at least once a month. Her mother told her that would be OK, but SHE would like to go out with me once a month, too.  
My dating calendar has never been so full. God is good.

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