Parenting has a way of surprising you. Not just because it is harder and so much more than expected, but also because time isn't linear. I am not a mom that pines for "yesterday", but it doesn't seem possible that I've been a mother for a decade. We are more than halfway through this beautiful, idyllic thing known as childhood. I find myself staring at Tristan searching for the little boy that he once was and I catch my breath when I realize what a kind and sensitive soul that he is becoming.
TEN is ATTITUDE, but tearful apologies. Ten is video games and still coloring pictures for mom. Ten is hard questions about poltics and wanting to know those answers, BUT also having opinions and perspectives. TEN is finally getting to stay up past bedtime. TEN is "MOM, please don't embarass me!".
TEN is little and TEN is big. I think we are entering into the best age of childhood.
(I'm not crying, You're crying!)
And while my pregnancy hormones are getting the better of me right now. I have days when I think I have the whole parenting thing figured out and days where I am like, I can't believe I get the opportunity to do it all over again... thank goodness for Google.
#thisisten #doubledigits
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