This morning I was watching Olivia straighten her hair. I offered several times to help her, but she insisted that she could do it on her own. And she did, without any help from me. As she walked out the door to go to school, I couldn't help but think where have the last 9 years gone? I remember every detail from the first ultrasound, to her first steps, to her first day of school like it was 2 seconds ago. My mother always told me not to wish my life away, that one day I would wake up and realize it had gone by too quickly. Well, mom, today is that day. Today is the day that I looked my baby in the face and realized that the baby face is gone. She is turning into a young lady with each passing second- and they are passing by to fast!
So, if I could give some advice to any new moms out there, it would be this... Read a bedtime story, even if she asks a million questions. But a ship out of leggos, even if he is just going to tear it apart. Help them tie their shoes and tuck them in at night. Because one day will come when they will say to you- It's OK, you don't have to. And that is a sad, sad day.
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