I considered myself to be a decent cook and baker. However, candy making had been unchartered territory until I recently cracked the code of a favorite—chewy Texas Pecan Pralines. This culinary epiphany came only days before I left my home sweet home in Austin, Texas, to return to CU Boulder after an epic hiatus to wrap up my bachelor’s degree in journalism. When I was a little girl, I remember tasting heavenly, creamy homemade pralines, bursting with pecans, handcrafted with love by my mom. She only whipped them up a few times, but I just couldn’t get the memory of those buttery, sugary treats out of my head. They were that good. I asked her if she still had the recipe, but I knew it would be hopeless since my mom wasn’t one for keeping track of her down-home style cooking. I married my college sweetheart, a guy with the same first name as me, and began teaching myself to cook. Becoming “Kelly Times Two” was amazing, and I had ...
They had a blast. Lindsey danced so much that her feet were numb the next day from her high heeled shoes. And since I'm pretty sure she's not reading my blog these days, I'll be frank. I think Sam is really a nice kid, but I just wish some other guys would ask Lindsey out so she could have a variety of young men to date. At least he graduates in May. He's only interested in colleges around here so he can be near Lindsey. I'm crossing my fingers that he'll go to college in Alaska or Vermont--not that he's applied there, because he's totally infatuated with her and needs to get over it. Nobody will ever be good enough for her in my opinion. He's like a puppy dog when he's around her, just totally smitten. He's never had a girlfriend or dated anyone else really, so he thinks Lindsey is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. I'm just warning you friends of mine with daughters who haven't started to date yet, that it's really no fun being in this situation. At least he's decent and shares her values and is a nice kid--and I chose that word for a reason, even though he'll be 18 next month. He's just kind of goofy and immature. It could be worse, so I'm not completely freaked out. Kelly and I just want about five different {amazing} young men to ask her out on dates and show some interest in her, so she can date around a bit. She does like Sam and has been going out with him since about May. That's forever in high school. So because a lot of the boys see her with him, they don't ask. I have convinced her to ask one other kid to the "Mormon Prom," even though it's not girls' choice. Wish us luck. And if she reads this post, I'll know that she's paying attention to my blog, but I doubt it.
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I can imagine how you feel. But I agree with Lonna, Lindsey is smart. Hopefully she will encourage Sam to choose a college based on what's right for him, not on where she's at. After all, after next year, she may not even be in Texas.
I didn't date AT ALL in high school. There's plenty of time for her in college to meet other guys.
That being said, I do think serious dating in high school is silly, because it almost never lasts forever, and it can prevent other good experiences with other people, so I'm totally with you on that.
Ah, it is hard to be a parent.
She looks beautiful, no wonder he likes her!
I read your blog in Net/Web Design frequently. And I understand how you feel...but you know, I will date around if I get asked. I never decline unless I have previous plans and then If I do, I try and plan another time.
And thank you Sis. B. and Sis. T. =]
I have definately been encouraging him to go to a good school for HIM and it just so happens that that is in Texas. Not because o me mom. And every stake dance I tell him to ask other girls to dance...etc. I want him to get around too.
I know you just care about me and are scared. But please don't make this any harder on me than it already is. I still love you though, don't worry. And yes, thank you for taking such good care of me mom.
-Love, Lindsey-
Don't worry about the kid. She will have some dashing prince charming come along and sweep her away in due time.