This past weekend Quinn went to the homecoming dance with Dawn. They were quite an attractive couple and, well, maybe I'm just getting emotional, but darn if I didn't get a little misty seeing how my nephew has grown up. He's 17 now and I remember the look on his face when I'd come over to see him when he was just a toddler. He'd just smile and squeal, and pound his feet on the floor because his Auntie was coming to visit. Ah, to have those days back again, if not for the fact that I'd be back in my 30's! Would I change anything? A few things: I'd look at my mother before the cancer, and I'd say I love you a lot more often, and I'd tell myself to chill out about the stuff I couldn't control, and I'd convince Jon to try to stick around a little longer, that life is actually worth living. And, aside from getting my master's degree, I'd take some fun classes too!
Quinn, you have such fun times ahead of you! Just wait for college!

On one other note, please go to www.larkincenter.org for a very important message from all of us working with at risk populations in the state of Illinois.