Can I really be so old?

This Saturday my oldest daughter will turn 2o years old. Now I know I turned 20 once, but having been born when my mother was 23, my turning 20 could not have had the same kind of impact on her as my daughters is having on me, (could it)? Akasha was born the May before I turned 30 (having married at 27). The thing that confuses me, is that I can remember her babyhood so clearly, it just couldn't have been 20 years ago. Still, she will be leaving to finish her four year degree in August, and she may never return for any real length of time again. My husband was a Naval officer when she was born, so he had to leave for an 8 month tour in Spain when she was 10 days old. We had a very bonding but exhausting first 8 months. She did not like to sleep in her bed, so I spent many nights holding her in the recliner watching CNN and or the very new Lifetime channel. (And Rosie O'Donnell when she was still hosting Music TV). Well my first baby is a baby no longer, (and I am no longer almost 30). The young woman she has become is very confident and I am given many compliments in regard to what a fine young person she has become. It is my hope that one day, she too will have a daughter that brings her as much joy as she has brought us. If you think of it on Saturday, be to wish her a Happy Birthday with us :)!