...half term...
... i loooove any holiday that invloves copious amounts of kid time...
...how long does it last?...
...i still remember the first bambinos *first* day of big school...
...it truely feels like it was yesterday...but we are now living *abroad*...
...& she is finishing up at primary school in july...
&
...starting {omg when did this happen...} high school in september...
...how do you send your first, & soo loved child out into the *bigger* real world...
...without letting on that its taking all your power not to *follow* the school bus...
...she is the one of the most *together*, laid back {she's australian..its almost a birth rite!}, most interesting people i've ever met...why did she go & grow up?...
...i know we all did it to our parents...
grow up i mean...& well you know......g.r.o.w u.p*...
...but, of course, thats different!!...
...very different!!...
...& i actually agree with all her opinions...
...i mean she's lovely...opinionated...clever...& 9 times out of 10 right...
...but i'm still her mother...
...i don't want...nor need...to be her best friend...
...i've always thought...
...that if, in the years to come, she brings her friends home to *hang out* with her family...
... & if, she continues to be with us through *choice*, as she gets older...
... & if we have given her enough support...space & love to choose to be with us all...
...that perhaps we have got something right...
...we *want* her to always be here...& i want her to always *want* to be here...
...we also instill that her siblings are *her special blessing* in life...
...nothing is more important, or more sacred, than her relationship with her brother & sister...
...but she's only 12...
...a lovely australian girl...
...brought up on pavlova & salt water...
...living in the english countryside...
...discovering all that europe offers...
...& somehow i know that she will always be lovely...
...she'll be an aussie angel with a bigger *understanding & love* of the world...
...we love you bear & like many *mums & dads* across the world...
...we are ready to take the next wonderful *step with you...
.........
Let me pour myself a glass of wine now that I've just read your beautiful post! Oh my goodness thank you for finding my blog and telling me you understand.... i hopped right over to find you :) Cheers to us for loving our kiddos so much it hurts and setting the free to fly high on the wisdom, love, confidence we've instilled in them,
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LuLu
What a wonderful thought to have them want and choose to come back...when they are grown and can choose!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely girl, indeed! The next will be beautiful too!
So sweet!
What a beautiful post, and a beautiful girl. I was thinking she was 15 b/c you said she's going into high school. But, she's 12 so you have a few good years left. :)
ReplyDeleteYou've made me come over all wobbly lower lip again. Stand proud lovely Mama.
ReplyDeleteWhat a very sweet post. I loved reading your words. Thank you for sharing that!
ReplyDeleteOhh - now this did make me teary...and it's only 7.03am - what a post to start my day with! Lovely lovely - what you feel for her pours through and of course all a parent can want is for their child to choose to hang out with them when all the 'care' part of parenting is done. L x
ReplyDeleteShe sounds like a wonderful kid. I vividly remember dropping my now 25 year old daughter off to her first day at high school. We'd moved and she didn't know a soul. Broke my heart. But within 5 minutes she'd met her best friend and they remain very close even though they live thousands of kilometres apart. Beautiful little girls with good souls grow up to be beautiful young women. I know this for a fact!
ReplyDeleteHi and thanks for stopping by over at mine!
ReplyDeleteAlthough little L is only one, I can completely relate. She just started walking, and sometimes I think she started walking away from me.
Good luck with the new school!
OOOHH don't get me started!! I don't think I can type and cry at the same time!!! ;)
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