OK, this morning, we put the 16 year old SilverDaughter on a plane to Mexico City to visit her best friend.

Do you know how hard it is to place your little girl on her first trip alone, to a foreign country, where she doesn't speak the language!!!

I was sniffling and tearing up the whole time!! I'm a very sensitive person

Of course, she did great on the trip and arrived just fine.

But, I just realized, my little girl is not my little girl anymore. She's a fine young lady and is becoming her own person.

I'm brimming with pride at the same time that I want to CRY