My two youngest were born a little over 2 years apart. When they were young, they hated to be parted. Then my daughter turned 9 and suddenly she was way too cool to be seen with her brother. It was sad to watch my son wonder what he had done wrong to lose his sister….
Tag: daughters
last night changed everything.
i’ve tried, countless times, to explain what it is like to be a mom to my teenager daughters. i try to tell them what it feels like when they walk out the front door. i tell them they are taking a part of my heart with them when they walk out that door. nothing…
my two favorite photos were taken with my phone
my dog, Blue…thought he was a person. when i belted him in my *SAAB station wagon, he thought, “finally, she gets me” i was blessed with Blue for almost 10 years. he followed me from room to room. he was my shadow. my son called Blue, “my brother” because they were born a month apart….
talkin’ about my girl
i haven’t taken photos of my daughter in a long time. i had all my gear still up from another shoot & i asked her. “UUUuugghhhh, no mom, i’m so ugly” she said. “i know, i just want to document how ugly you are” i said. (she knows i’m being as ridicules as she is)…
a fun way of seeing your child grow…
The jump from 11 years old to 12 is astonishing. Puberty does a number on our children. i would recommend to all parents…enjoy them (even when they are annoying us with babble about a video game or something) before puberty makes them no longer yours. I mean, they would prefer hanging out with friends to…
A Bat Mitzvah speech for her. Or how we conquered Dragons.
I was asked by my Rabbi if I wished to say something wonderful about my daughter during her Bat Mitzvah. For him to ask me…was a standard question. But for me, it was akin to asking me to fight dragons. Public speaking or fighting dragons is a toss up as far as which I would…
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