For all the moms of teenagers out there, you will be able to relate. My daughter and I worked together yesterday....she did a surf tour and I did a tour. On our tour, we see my son, Micah, coming in at Sunset Beach. So we took a picture. I go home, upload it, and shitake! I have 2 grown up young adults!!! How has the time passed? I can remember going to the mall with them in a stroller, feeding them, clothing them, tucking them into bed, singing to them (and they LOVED it.. now, if I did that they would tell me to be quiet), driving them, playing in the water with them, ... oh... the memories. I've always dreamed of the day when we would be at the dinner table together and I'd be able to look at them at eye level instead of looking at only their heads as they tried to reach to eat their food from the table..... now... geez.
I had 5 children, 5 years old and younger....3 in diapers, 3 car seats, a 12 passenger van, a double stroller with 3 of them in it, one straddled over the canopy, and the other holding on to the side. Now, my oldest is 18 and youngest is 13. Teenage years are awesome but challenging. Awesome because I love to sit and chat and look at them all grown up... challenging because they have a voice! I can't say they just have to say, "Yes, mom" and do what i say. Now, they tell me if I am being hypocritical, if I am stressing, if I am PMSing, if I am sycho... they are usually right.... so I go into my room and give myself a time out! ha!
Tears come more often, just thinking i only have a short time with them. I have absolutely LOVED being a mom,... not when times were hellish, but after the storm, it's all good. xo
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Thanks Tam! You have me in tears as I stare at my 12 year old, 3 year old and 4 month old and not want a moment to pass because I know now how fast it goes. As they say the nights are long and the years are short.
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