I am less than a week away to letting my daughter go, releasing her to the wilds of 7th grade. It feels like yesterday that she was crawling on my mother's floor gabbing at her toys. Yet time is moving so quickly and she is sprouting up. I will be looking her eye to eye in a matter of months now.
The irony is I have always admired her for her strength, her amazing gentleness, her heart. She is such an amazing young lady. Now I have to admit to myself that she is on the brink of womanhood. It is always hard for a parent to let go but I know that the days are coming close to the time that I will have to literally watch her walk away, when her kiss will no longer be mine alone and her heart will be shared with another. I love watching her grow, I hate letting her go, but it is life.
My daughter is my best friend. I know that she is the reason for my being. She has taught me so many things in her 11 years of life and I know those are just the beginning lessons. There are so many more she will teach me and I am happy to learn them from such an amazing teacher. So as she grows, I grow!!!
Time keeps going and no matter how much I want to slow it down and even stop it, I have no power to. So I just continue to admire my amazing young lady, her growth, change and amazing ways!!! I wouldn't change a thing of our growth and am personally happy to be a part of her amazing journey because it too, is my journey and has forced me to grow in every way.
Skye, you are truly an amazing child. Thank you for choosing me as your mother and blessing me every day with life. Continue to be the awesome young lady I know you to be!!
