Victoria and her future

As my daughter, Victoria, is approaching the end of her high school days new challenges lay ahead for, not only her, but also us.
The first one is the fact that she finds a college that will suit her choice of career, and that accepts her as well. This means trips to different campuses, for interviews, for auditions, to visit them so as to make an educated decision.
The second one is the question that I assume that every parent asks when their child ends high school and starts college, is my child ready for this?
Of course that we would like our children to do and choose what we want, but they have a will themselves. As a Spanish singer called Joan Manuel Serrat says in one of his songs referring to one’s children: “we pass them our fears and our frustrations”.
As believers we must trust our creator to guide and protect our beloved daughter.
Whatever decisions she makes, whatever road she chooses, she will have to live with it.
I know that Victoria is having herself a hard time with all of this. With trying to study at school, stress with the applications, the SAT exam, with interviews that she’s been to, the fact that she will be living, not just far away from home, but primarily far away from her boyfriend for the next few years. The fact that he may choose a career that will require him to study for his masters out of New Jersey.
So many things to worry about.
One of the things that we are reminded of through this whole process is that we are aging, the we are not young anymore, that time flies, and does not stop for any reason. It only seemed like yesterday that she was starting elementary school, and I use to drive her every morning on my way to work.
We will also miss the tremendous help that Victoria has given us with our son. Even in her moments of frustrations, these happen because many times as humans we find ourselves totally overpowered by the circumstances.
But the important thing is that she has a great career, in a profession that she absolutely loves, and she will have all the support of those of us who love her.