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Friday, April 15, 2011

Outgrowing me...

Wow, it hurts when you realize your kids have pulled away almost further than you can reach. I didn't know I should have cherished that last cuddly moment. Or the last time they looked at me like I was their hero.

Intellectually, I believe it will come back around. This is the natural order of things... this "growing up" they are supposed to be doing. One day they will again come to me for advice, look at me with admiration, believe the things I tell them.

But today it hurts. Today it feels empty.

And then I start looking forward to seeing them blossom and shine. I wonder who they will meet in a job, or a relationship, who will see the potential in them that I see. What talents will rise above all others? Who will they love, and who will love them? I'm looking forward to those answers.

It's not over. God isn't finished with us yet.

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I asked Chloe what she and the neighbor boy were talking about. She replied with a wave of her hand, "Just boy stuff."
"We're upsetting the financial gravity in the pool!"
"Was I the cutest baby ever?"
"I hate dolls, they're creepy! It's like they look into the depths of your soul!"
You look enjoyed.
Mom: "Are your new shoes Skechers?" Chloe: "I just like to call them 'shoes'."
To the cat, "Spike, you set the mood!"
"I had a dream it rained chickens."
The day she got her first bra, "Can I put it on in the car?"
Watching Nathan at his first Fencing lesson she wistfully says while looking at him, "He's doing something he really loves."
"Mom, do you know how to flirt?" Yes, I guess I do. "Can you teach me how?"
"I wish I was blind. I really want a dog!"
Chloe: My boyfriend is small. Mom: Yes, he is really small. Chloe: Well, they do grow, you know.
"I'm cute! Boys really like me!"
"I'm a butter stick with paper around me." (A song Chloe made up while dancing with the kitten.)
"I want to live on Mars.... or Europe."
"I want a white Persian cat with three legs."
"My teacher asked each of us to write one thing that made us nervous." What did you write? I asked. Chloe's reply, "My Mom's driving."
"I want to eat a cloud."
(about the kitten) "He has a careful face."
"I'll knock your socks out!"
"I think I broke my armpit bone."
Chloe to Beck: "Don't knowledge me about things I already know!"
Nathan: "It's not fair that women live longer than men. They were created second! Chloe in her best "duh!" voice: "That's why they live longer!"

"You make the human centipede look like Elmo!"
"I think Bacon should become a new element on the periodic table."
"I don't like going to the movies, the big screen makes my eyes dial-a-lot" [dilate]
In his sweet little voice to our cat who had been in heat, "Oh Piper, are you unheated now?"
While dreading the coming of Hurricane Ike, "I don't want to have this experience!"
While huddled in the closet during Hurricane Ike, "Why don't we take this time to relate to each other?"
"Can I have money for the confession stand?"
"Mom, can you teach me how to be patient? Right now?"
Chloe: "Your birthday is 6 months away!" Beck, "Thanks a lot for lifting my spirit!"
Beck to two neighbor siblings who were fighting: "Hey, that's no way to relate to each other and get along!"
"What are the consequestions?" (consequences)
(Frog on his shoulder that he just found outside.) "Mom, look, he's a well-behaved frog. He's my friend. As a matter of fact, he's my best friend."
"Mom, you're the best driver I've ever known."
"I just dropped my pack of gum on the concrete. Wow, I never thought I would do that!"