There's nothing much for them to celebrate beyond that, but that's one of the best things they ever get to celebrate -- a long weekend.
I took them to lunch at our favorite local burrito place.
At lunch and afterward, as their banter turned to some serious issues some of them are facing, we all devolved into hysterical laughter.
There really is nothing quite like being around teenagers to realize just how absurd life is. They are often scheming about how to get out of this or that commitment, or into this or that party or concert.
Things that we adults would consider serious issues, like which high school or college they will go to, they see as more like a Picasso painting, i.e., distortions of reality.
When we try to tell them they may regret some of the decisions they make now later, they say things like, "That makes no sense. If I came back from the future to now I'd make the same decision again, for the same reason."
In many ways, teens are living in the moment much more than us elders ever can do. Burdened by our past, and fears about our future, we fear them making mistakes. Mistakes they may regret.
At some point, we have to just let it be. Let it be. Let them go.
There's no other way for it all to play out, according to nature's plan.
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