Somehow, my boys have the nerve to keep growing up. Not only are they more self-sufficient, they keep getting taller and taller. How do pants shrink overnight? How is it that one minute pjs fit, and the next day T.Puzzle and Full Speed could be in a Chris Farley ‘Big Kids in little PJs’ skit?
How, as Moms, do we not see this? Maybe because we are with them every day and the changes are subtle. Or, maybe, as Moms, a part of us feels our kids will never grow, therefore, they will never outgrow us.
Full Speed recently had a revelation. One of his teachers was talking about her grown kids and told him that her son was taller than her. Full Speed thought this was hilarious. “Mom, someday, I’m going to be taller than you!” His eyes gleamed at the thought while my stomach dropped to my shoes.
As Full Speed turned to leave the room I said, “Well, I guess I better be extra nice to you now so when you are bigger, you will be nice to me. By the way, did I mention how incredibly handsome you look today?”
He looked back, paused and said, “Wait a minute, are you saying that so I will be nice to you when I’m bigger?”
“Yep!”
I didn’t have the heart to tell him that all I was really doing was using humor to deflect the tears that were welling up inside me.
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