off to camp

the pup, in her grunge best, having her camp photo taken.
The leave taking of adolescence is difficult, for everyone. One of my best friends said, how could you regret each prior stage of childhood when the next stage was even better? I did find this to be true. But now, somehow, this next stage of becoming your own person, which I would deny no one, is particularly hard on me the parent.
Saying goodbye to her childhood. I suppose that is what parenthood is, a series of saying goodbye and hoping that the next stage will be even better.