Yesterday my youngest turned 13 yrs old. My oldest is 34. I have always thought that birthdays were to celebrate the birthday person. But now I think it is not only for that but for the family to take time to think about the passage of time. I realize now that not only is he getting older but so am I! It makes me think that I really need to appreciate him and our lives to the fullest. Soon, he will leave home to make his own life – just as the oldest did. It was hard to let her go on to her life because she was my first. The second was not too bad, but this last one is going to be hard, again, I think. Soon, I will be “stupid” in his eyes and then suddenly I will be “smart” again in about 5 yrs. I wonder, as I did with the first one, what and where he will land in the world. I pray that it is not in war, but if that is the path that he chooses for himself (vs drafted) then I will be there to support his efforts. I look forward to watching him develope to be the adult that is awaiting inside of him.
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Couldn’t agree more about birthdays being for everyone who loves the b-day person. I hope his day was wonderful, and I bet it was, knowing how hard you worked to make it so.
Thanks for the soap plug, btw!
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The year I turned 40 was the same year my daughter turned 20. Being 40 was just another day to me, but her 20th was emotional for me. I no longer had a child, or a teenager, now I had a woman! She will be my baby forever, but for that day, it was a different feeling for sure!
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@Nicole – anytime, friend
@Lori – When my girls turned 18, I felt as though they were my friends… and the Mommy role was over. Being their mom will always be one of the most wonderful learning experience!
My youngest turns 27 today. I was a basket case for a few years, and I still miss all of them terribly. But they are all doing well, happy with their own lives and families and what more could I ask?
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