Today is one of those days that is a very proud moment for this mom. While most high school seniors will be finishing up their school year and graduating in June, my oldest daughter, Danielle, will officially be a high school graduate as of this afternoon. She’ll walk with her class in June in a formal graduation ceremory, but today is her very last day of high school. 8O She worked hard to get all her high school credits, and now she gets to reap the benefits of that. She’s ready to start the next phase of her life . . . and I’m so NOT ready for that! 
I’m so very proud of her . . . and very emotional about this moment, too. 
The past seventeen years have passed so quickly! For those of you with little ones, cherish every minute. The years pass much too quickly!
Congratulations, Danielle! You’ve become such a beautiful, sweet, and caring young woman. You make me so proud and I love you very much! :wub:
Janelle Denison finds it hard to believe that it’s been nearly 25 years since she first started writing romance novels. At first, it was a way to pass idle time while her husband worked swing shift, but before long it became an obsession to get published. Luckily, she kept at it (it took her over 5 years to get that first book published!) and is now a Waldenbooks, Barnes & Noble, and USA Today Bestselling author! Now, after selling over 45 plus novels, she finds that her Plotmonkey pals help to keep her stories fresh and unique, and she can’t imagine writing a story without their input. Janelle lives in Oregon with her husband, Don, along with two teenage daughters that keep life interesting.
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Janelle, hugs to you and the dh for raising such an amazing young woman, and you have every right to be proud. I LOVE hearing about moments like this – very inspiring this morning. Thank you for sharing.
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AWWWW …. She’s so beautiful! She looks like her mom. Congrats, Danielle and Janelle and Don! I can’t imagine dealing with that day but I will soon enough!
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:hug2: That’s for you. I know how shocking this is! lol
My “baby” who is really my oldest but who I’m very, very close to will be 21 in a month! The scariest part, I was 21 when I had him!! Oh God, please don’t let him follow in my footsteps! :pray:
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Good morning everyone…
Janelle congrats to both you and Danielle…it is always a proud moment when a child reaches this stage in life…
This is quite an accomplishment…now what is she going to do for the rest of the year…take some time off before heading off to college? On the brighter side, Janelle, you will get to see a lot more of her now, right?
Have a wonderful day everyone….
Peace and love,
Paula R.
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Janelle- Congratulations!! Yes, I know how hard it is to have them grow up. The nerve!!
Enjoy the moment.
Off to work.
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Janelle, your daughter is just beautiful, like you. Congratulations to Danielle on her fabulous accomplishment and to you for doing a fabulous job in raising her. I can feel your pride. :hug2:
Have a great day everyone,
Cher :banana:
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Congratulations Danielle on your achievement.
Enjoy this time in your life.
Janelle, you did good raising a beautiful and very bright daughter. :flower4you:
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Congrats Danielle. What a wonderful accomplishment graduating early.
Congrats Janelle on raising such a wonderful youing woman.
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Congrats Danielle on all your hard work!
Congrats to Janelle and Don on raising such a hard working, beautiful young woman! :hug2: to you Janelle. I don’t have any kids, but my 3 nieces are like my own and my oldest graduates next year.
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Congratulations, Danielle (and Janelle and Don, too).
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Janelle that’s wonderful. You must be so proud. Congratulations Danielle! My daughter is in 8th grade and we just went to a course fair at one of the high schools she’s considering and when they said welcome Class of 2012 I almost lost it. So I know what you mean.
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Congrats to Danielle! I’m sure she will do very well in life.
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Danielle’s initial plan was to get a part-time job and start college early. But now with the upheaval with the move to Oregon, that has changed. It all depends on how quickly we make it up to Oregon as to what she’ll do.
In the meantime, I have PLENTY to keep her busy around the house and in helping me pack for the move. :giggle:
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Aww, Janelle, congratulations to you both! She’s lovely!
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Congratulations!! What an awesome accomplishment!
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Congratulations Danielle! And congratulations to you Janelle for raising such a wonderful daughter!
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Congratulations Danielle, and Janelle. This is your moment as much as hers, especially since she’s your first to get to this part of the journey.
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Janelle, are you moving before the end of the school year?
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Katie — It all depends on how fast our house sells. And it’s anyone’s guess how long that will take in this bad housing market.
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I will send you good thoughts on house selling quickly…
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Congratulations to you both. A lot of hard work went into this accomplishment.
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Congratulations to Danielle!
And to you too, Janelle! Best wishes!
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Congratulations to Danielle for this achievement. Janelle you have every right to be a proud Mom………
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Danielle,
You are a winner and your Mom’s pretty great, too!
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Congrats to Danielle! You have a right to be proud Janelle! What a beautiful daughter you have.
I know what you’re going through right now because my son graduated last June and just completed his first semester of college. It’s a lot of hard work but definitely worth it in the end! Time really does fly by. It seems like only yesterday that I was sending him off to kindergarten.
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Congratulations on the early graduation, Danielle! How exciting is this.
Janelle, I know it’s wonderful and sad both to see your girls growing up so fast. Trust me though, some of the very best times are yet to come.
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She is a lovely young woman, Janelle!
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Oh wow. Congratulations to Danielle, and to you Janelle. Graduation is huge – and a big step towards growing up. (What an interesting time to be graduating – but its nice that she gets to do that before moving!)
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Thanks everyone for the good wishes! We’re taking her out to dinner tonight, and it’s Don’s birthday, too, so there’s lots to celebrate! :love:
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Congratulations Danielle!
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I’m a mom that did not feel any regrets that her children grew up–it was part of the journey & reason to celebrate & be proud.
Off the subject, I was here briefly this morning thinking it was Friday so was surprised to see a blog about your daughter! What was I thinking!!
Enjoy your dinner celebration tonight.
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Congratulations to Danielle
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Congratulations Danielle you should be very proud with all that you have accomplished!
Happy Birthday Don! Now its time to 
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Janelle, Heartiest congrats to Danielle, you & Don (happy B-Day to youuuuu). To have raised a lovely, caring & hardworking daughter is a great accomplishment in & of itself. Will you have a problem with her gaining entrance to an OR college (since she wouldn’t be a long-term resident at that point)? On the other hand, even as an out-of-stater, it might be less expensive than a CA one. Bottom line, good luck to her being happy wherever she lands.
Have a great time tonight.
Patricia A.
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Sometimes taking a semester off is a good thing. Especially when you graduate early. Heather did and it worked out well. My grandson, who was an A student in HS, didn’t. He also dropped 2 classes and failed the other 2 this first semester. A hard and expensive lesson to learn. I hope she enjoys all the little things (haha) that you will have her helping with in the move.
Do you have a move date yet???
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Janelle, Correction to my post #35. Because my neighbor’s son had a problem when his family moved out of state, what I MEANT to say was “have you (collectively) had an opportunity to check with OR colleges to see if there might be a problem (financially) with Danielle being a new OR resident?…… Bottom line, I wish her much happiness wherever she lands.” Sorry, I really didn’t phrase my original post well.
Patricia A.
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Patricia — Danielle is starting with community college for the first two years, then transferring after that. We’re looking into the CC’s around where we’ll be living, and go from there.
Ev — No move date yet. Don will be starting his new job on February 11th, and hopefullly the house won’t take TOO long to sell. But you just don’t know — at least not in this market.
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Janelle, major congratulations to your daughter!
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Congrats Danielle!
Happy Birthday Don!
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My youngest did the same thing, got done in 3 years – which is very cool because the state of Texas gives a small scholarship for those who do!
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Hooray for Danielle!! And hooray for you and your husband, Janelle! Hope you’ll have a chance to enjoy some celebrating this weekend! How wonderful!
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Congratulations to your daughter and to the entire family! I send
congratulations to all of you because such an endeavor always takes
the involvement of the entire family! This is turning out to be a big
day for graduation news. I just found out this morning that my
youngest daughter will complete her college days early and will “walk”
with her class later in the year!
Pat Cochran
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