Summer over. My daughters' school starts tomorrow, they enter Year 8. For them today was a day of quiet preparation. They went into zone mode, just as I do when preparing for a job interview or an important presentation.

They both had to manage a great deal of anxiety, and they did so beautifully: sorting things out with quiet determination, giving themselves breaks, doing some cup cake baking along the way. Both went to bed early, without needing any prompting.

I now sit alone with my dog in the drawing room, listening to the emotions that rise from deep within me, tears of love and gratitude in my eyes. They are growing up just right. They'll be fine.

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