- January 2, 2006
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- General, Olivia, Parenting/Family
God made us to…
I often tease my kids about how much they have grown. I love seeing them progress and grow in ways healthy children should. I’m no fool – their growing independence also means growing freedom for me! Alas, I find myself missing the “littleness” they used to be.
This morning, as I wrangled and mangled Olivia’s wild, curly hair into two piggy tails I started in…
“Olivia? Are you growing again??? What did I tell you about that growing?”
Rather irritated, she grumbled the one-syllable “mom” in the teenager two-syllable fashion, “MO-OM!!”
I repeat with a tickle, “Are you growing again?”
With great irritation, peppered with a little lower-lip action, and a shimmy of shoulder sass, she whimpered, “Mo-om, God made us to grow up!”
Ah, the student has become the teacher… she has…
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It’s very bittersweet, isn’t it? I revel in the new things they can do, and yet they are so sweet I almost wish they would stay the same.
Take heart, my friend. There is an upside to the growing up process. The advent of …CHORES! Yes, you hear a heavenly choir. It has been a almost a year since I have washed a dish or scrubbed a toilet. *sigh* A silver lining to the melancholy cloud.