| Monday, May 17, 2004 |
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A very scary thing happened to me at the dentist office today. I had the girls in for their regular check-up and when I got their next appointment in 6 months, I noticed it was the day before my son's birthday and said, "That's the day before Brian's 18th birthday."
Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. In six months I am going to be the parent of an adult. Me! In my heart and mind I am not even an adult myself and I am going to be the mother of one in less than a year. How the hell did this happen?
The supporting, comforting daughter that I have says, "So, on my next birthday I'm going to be 15."
What?!
Sometimes hearing it out loud makes it too real to handle. When they were babies everyone warned me that in a blink of an eye they would be grown-up. I didn't believe them. I don't even think I blinked my eye, and here I am 15 years later with three very grown-up teenagers.
Not very long ago my baby was struggling to ride a bike without training wheels and today he is driving to school. In a year he will graduate and head off to college. In six months he will be old enough to vote and to be drafted. My baby is not old enough for that.
 
On Friday night I watched my daughters go off to their first "Big" dance wearing semi-formal gowns and high heels and looking much older than I even imagined they could. The neighbor even came out and commented that he had to look twice when he saw them, because he wasn't sure if it was them. What happened to those two little tomboys with blonde pig tails and snakes wrapped around their arms?
I don't care what anybody says, this still doesn't mean I have to grow up!
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posted by Kelly @ 5/17/2004 09:32:00 AM   |
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