Tag: watching your child grow up

I Don’t Mourn Because My Kids Are Growing Up

When I was a kid and people asked me what I wanted "to be" when I grew up, I always just said a wife...

Mommy’s Shoes

clop...clop...clop... It's the familiar slow, belabored steps of a toddler in adult high heels. Enormous effort and equal pride in each step, my girl is...

Not So Fast Little Girl

I’m lying in bed with my five-year-old daughter, trying to get her to think about going to sleep when all she wants to do...