"The Kid"

I just traded a couple emails with a buddy of mine from high school. He mentioned that his baby daughter is now 16 months. It blew my mind how fast time is slipping away from me.

To prove my point, I still find myself thinking of my step-daughter, Sarah, as this goofy 8 year-old kid. Maybe I always will although she will never be that kid again.

She's changed so much over the past two years that it blows my mind.

The first picture is of Sarah at 15 years. I thought the kid was too pretty for her own good. Loser teenage boys were starting to take notice of her and I didn't like that at all.

The second picture of her is at 17. All men are taking notice of her now and I definitely don't like that at all, either!

What the hell is a guy supposed to do when his daughter grows up to be beautiful?

I am so proud of her but at the same time, holy crap, I have a lot of worries about the idiots who will some day be her boyfriends.

Yes, I am pre-judguing them all in a grumpy old man way. And I'm okay with it.