Desperado

August 7,2025,Thursday night, 8:57pm,pacific standard time,apartment complex parking lot,Dana Point, California, USA. Picked my daughter up after work. We drove out and grabbed a kids scoop daiquiri ice for her at baskin- robbins in foothill ranch. on our way back to Aliso Viejo we picked up Panera in lake forest. As we were driving the song Desperado came on. My daughter sang along as a wave of memories flooded my mind. It wasn’t necessarily the song, rather hearing her voice and thinking about the past 17 years that made me emotional. watching her grow up, seeing her become a woman. Being proud of her while missing the little girl version of her. My world has centered around her so long I can’t remember what life was like without her. I am excited to see her future unfold while simultaneously realizing the beautiful past grows more distant every day.