We knew it was coming. Just not quite this soon. Shannon is finishing her second year at university. For both years, she's been staying at the hostel, which was very much our encouragement as much as hers. It felt like a good middle ground — not the full leap of an overseas education, but not coming home every evening either. A way to stretch herself, make friends her own age, learn what it means to manage a day without us hovering nearby. It's worked, we think. And yet next year she likely won't stay, not with the possibility of an internship on the horizon. So even that particular normal is already shifting. We accompanied Amber to Hong Kong for her first week and also followed her to work on her first actual day - our very own young Disney employee. Note: Mickey in the photo is AI-generated. Then Amber applied for an internship. Got accepted. Five months at Hong Kong Disneyland, alongside interns from polytechnics across the region. It's the kind of thing that sounds...