Last night I attended the awards dessert banquet for the Seniors of Notus High School.  One of which is our daughter Melissa.  This group of classmates has been very impressive throughout all of their years in school.  They were the class that everyone wanted to teach because they wanted to learn.   Melissa received a few awards for excellence and has grown so much in these last few weeks.  We have mixed emotions about her growing up and moving on but have come to realize that it is all part of the life process. As each of my children have grown and left the feelings are always the same, sadness, happiness and change.  This experience always gives me a taste of what my parents went through as we grew up and left the home and how are Heavenly Parents must have felt as we left to come and experience life on earth.  How we will pray for her as we do all of our children who have left the safety of home and have ventured out on their own.   We love you Melissa and are so glad about your decisions to go on for more education.    You have our love and support always.