Ok...so my daughter is 11 and a half. She is at her first boy/girl dance as I type.
She came home to change clothes and I drove her back and dropped her off. I walked her to the door against her wishes...but agreed to NOT chaperone after she begged and pleaded for me to stay away from at least THIS one. I'm not worried that it isn't an appropriate place for her to be but I just wanted to be there like I have been for all of her milestones. As I walked back to my car I felt like I needed to call someone, I felt really alone. In the quiet of my car (and now as I type) I broke into tears. She makes me cry out of frustration now and then but the last, "wow, Im so sad that she's growing up" cry that I had was on the first day of kindergarden.
I feel like the ball is rolling faster and faster now and I'm not really ready for that.
Please tell me I'm normal and not to overly involved or attached to her. I really don't want to be THAT kind of Mom.