When you meet someone who is about to begin a life on her own and you notice that she is insanely beautiful and confident and intelligent, you have to wonder where she'll go? What great things is she going to do with her life? Does she even realize how amazing she is and how many wonderful opportunities are going to come her way?

And then I start to wonder if I feel this way about *other* people's children, how in the world am I going to survive when it's time for my own birdies to leave the nest?