My baby ::sobs:: is at middle school!

Mari went to her school's Meet and Greet tonight. I was excited to hear they were planning a Meet and Greet, because I assumed they wouldnt since it is Middle School, I mean it's the big time, right? Well, excited until I saw "NO PARENTS ALLOWED!!" Okay, really it said parents drop off your kids....but same thing. What? I thought. Me? Not invited? But, I'm her mom. I should meet her teachers too. Wrong. I dropped her off at the doors with a bazillion other kids and almost cried my eyes out. How will she find her friends in this huge school with a bazillion other kids? She walked in alone. Without me. I totally said a little prayer, made a wish, and begged thin air to please, please, please let her have a good time, not be too nervous, and find her friends easily. Ugh! My stomach hurts thinking about her, my baby, my first-born. She's so much tougher and cooler and awesomer (yes, awesomer!) than I was at her age so I'm sure she'll be fine. I know she's ready for this new "adventure" of Middle School, but I'm not. Forty five more minutes til I pick her up. If I only had the remote from the movie Click to fastforward time, or better yet, rewind time and hold her in my arms again as my little baby. Why did these years go by so fast?? How are we here, already??