Though I am not a big fan of parents just writing about their kids and their accomplishments when they blog, I think a major milestone like the one hit yesterday allows me the right to do so.
My daughter turned 10 yesterday. Somehow feels like a major, major milestone to have held a child for a decade in my care. She's growing up to be a smart young lady and I can just watch in wonder as this child who at one time seemed like just an extension of me take on her own individual personality and traits. While I am thrilled at some of what she has acquired, there are quite some more which leave me scratching my head as to where she could've gotten that particular charecteristic from. As years have passed the scratching of the head part has given away to a nodding of the head action which is deemed to convey that although I don't quite like the way you are heading, "I understand that you are your own person and cannot be a mirror of me (Thank God for that!) or your father (More Thank God for that!)".
I know I am in for a ride of my life the next decade as my little girl grows up to be a not so little lady. I can already see the issues that are going to rock us, the milestones that are going to bring more than a tear to my eye, celebrations, broken hearts on either side of the fence and then some more. One of the things I have on my list that I hope comes to fruition in the next decade is that we play a doubles Tennis Tournament as partners. Have my fingers crossed!
I want to end this by writing about what my 5-year old had to say about his mother.
"When you are nice to me, I will call you my Angel Mother...When you are bad to me, I will call you my Step Mother and when you are normal with me I will call you just Mother!" Nuff said!
