I'm an old new mom!

I'm in "new" territory where it concerns my freshman daughter.  She is well on her way to her first high school crush (and the boy is crushing back on her as well it seems like if homecoming was any indication where they didn't stop dancing with each other for an hour and he asked her to the movies - first time).  The problem is after homecoming - the boy isn't very communicative via text and it is stressing my daughter out.  I think she needs to relax a bit and just continue being his good friend, like before homecoming since being herself is how he fell for her, but she is worried that the connection and affection during homecoming was an oddity and they'll go back to being just friends.  She doesn't want that.  Their school is very strict so it's not like he can hug her at school, like he did at the dance, without getting into trouble and he may have been doing homework or eating dinner when she texted him yesterday.  Besides, boys are boys.  I don't get more than a few words at a time from my husband via texting and we've been married almost 16 years.  She needs to relax.  Telling a teenager to relax and listen to mom - yeah, right.  Pigs might as well start to fly.

She is so stressed she hugged me yesterday and just held on for awhile.  That is out of character for her.  I usually get a quick hug, not a "hang onto mommy forever" kind of hug.

I'm finding no matter how old my kids get, there are always new experiences to struggle with that makes me feel like a nouveau mommy all over again!