The Joy of experiencing your child's triumphs

There is nothing like being witness to your child succeeding at something. Tonight my daughter won first place in a local writing contest for her grade level. There is just something about being in a crowd of people and having your child singled out for their accomplishments. When her name was called it was so exciting, to see the look of sheer joy on her face and to meet her eyes from across the room and to give her the nod and wide grin of approval instinctively know what she is thinking and to communicate with each other only with our eyes and facial expressions but knowing exactly what we are saying. All of the emotions all at once brought tears to my eyes. Happy tears. I am so proud of her.