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My daughter is turning 13 tomorrow and she told me the other day that she only had four days of her childhood left. Top 10 things not to say to your mother, Maggie! If you ask me how this happened I will tell you in all honestly, that I have no idea. Time travel seems the only logical explanation. And even though leaving childhood doesn’t happen overnight, the steady leaving of childhood does actually happen, even to the best of them. It may first be the trains that don’t get played with as often, or the dolls that sit in the corner of the room, and then one day without you noticing they are placed in a box and carried downstairs. Then, it’s the pink leggings and tutus that get traded in for jeans, and the headbands and ribbons for claw clips and scrunchies. And the crazy thing about all of these transitions is there are no exact moments you can pinpoint. It’s not like your child wakes up and declares “this is the last time I’ll play with my blocks.” There is no ceremony, there is most often no goodbye. Continue Reading in Our Blog
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