Date Night, But Not With My Wife

Courtney and I went to see the new Batman movie tonight on the big screen.  When I say big screen, I mean BIG screen.  We saw it in an IMAX theater where the screen is 60 feet tall and 80 feet wide and the sound shakes you and you experience a movie in a whole different way than ever before.  It was cool!  

Courtney's friends were flakey in their planning so she was sitting home alone after expecting to go out, and Audrey was taking Belle to soccer try-outs.  So it was fun to have the chance to go on a daddy-daughter date-night.  

Courtney is 15 and an attractive young woman.  She really impresses me on a daily basis in a number of ways -- her sense of humor, her kindness toward her sister and toward kids at church, her dedication to homework, her self-determination to eat healthy, and her generally amiable manner and level approach toward life.  Sadly, she is all too soon going to be grown up and out of our life in big ways.  I appreciate being able to spend time with her while I still can.