{"id":739,"date":"2012-03-08T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=739"},"modified":"2012-03-06T09:22:42","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T14:22:42","slug":"this-too-shall-pass-guest-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/this-too-shall-pass-guest-post\/","title":{"rendered":"This too shall pass – Guest post!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I’m on vacation, my loving and wise\u00a0cousin Jenny,\u00a0has graciously offered to write a guest\u00a0post for my blog.\u00a0 It’s easy to see she’s been a great mother\u00a0to Lily from this sweet post about stages, phases\u00a0and the passing of time.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I know many of you that are reading Maya\u2019s blog have younger children.\u00a0 I am the mother of a \u201ctween\u201d.\u00a0 I enjoy reading Maya\u2019s blog, it brings back lovely memories.\u00a0 You see, it\u2019s true what they say, once you have kids, time seems to pass very quickly.\u00a0 Maybe it is because you have specific stages with which to identify the passage of time; such as when Lily was taking naps, when Lily was in preschool, or when Lily was in grade school.\u00a0 For me, there is a large block of time in my life, between college graduation and motherhood that seems to just meld together.<\/p>\n

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I can\u2019t remember where or when I heard it, but someone told me that if you were dealing with a certain childhood behavior and you ask yourself whether they would still be doing that when they were 18 years old, and you could comfortable say no, then just wait it out.\u00a0 Everybody else\u2019s 1-year old is walking and your baby is still crawling?\u00a0 Be patient. Terrible twos?\u00a0 Those too shall pass.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is all too true for the good things too.\u00a0 For years, my daughter\u2019s hand automatically reached up to mine as soon as we hit the corner to cross the street.\u00a0 It was an instinctual thing, her hand reached up and mine reached down, and we crossed the street.\u00a0 Then one day, I can\u2019t remember when, she just crossed on her own.\u00a0 Not that independence is a bad thing, it is a great<\/strong> thing, and it is your ultimate goal as a parent to raise an independent child, but it is also a sign of passage.<\/p>\n

One day you are enduring a Wiggles concert and the next they are asking for a Lady Gaga CD.\u00a0 One day, you are picking out adorable baby clothes and then all of a sudden you have a willful child who will only wear what they select themselves. Forget about going shopping for their clothes on your own, unless you are willing to go back and return half of what you selected. \"\"<\/a>This is also about the time when you realize that they actually have an incredible sense of their own style and are far more fashionable than you are!\u00a0 Gone are the days when your child laughs when you sing or dance; now you are just an embarrassment.\u00a0 I have yet to meet a child who will endure his or her mother singing along to the radio in front of their friends!\u00a0 Just not cool.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Don\u2019t get me wrong, I immensely enjoy the time I spend with my eleven-year old.\u00a0 She is a happy, smart, delightful child.\u00a0 She is a joy.\u00a0 Therein lies the rub.\u00a0 She is so much more independent and spends a lot more time away from me already.\u00a0 Sleepovers are almost a weekly thing these days.\u00a0 It used to be that I sat and watched ballet classes or gymnastics classes or soccer practices.\u00a0 Now, there are car pools and drop offs.\u00a0 I still haven\u2019t missed a soccer game, or an orchestra concert, or school performance, though, which as a working mother, I am very happy to be able to say.\u00a0 Just last night I sat through a two-hour concert to watch my daughter play one song!!!<\/p>\n

All of a sudden, though, I realize that I am only five years away from handing over my car keys.\u00a0 I am starting to dread the fact\u00a0that I am only eight years away from a tearful goodbye as she moves off to college. I have thoroughly enjoyed all the stages.\u00a0 Granted, I have loved all of the stages, not necessarily all of the \u201cmoments\u201d.\u00a0 Walking out of Target with a screaming, kicking child held aloft by one hand was not a great parenting moment. I have a few of those.\u00a0 I like to tell myself that we all do.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Next year, Lily starts middle school, and I already find myself looking through old photos and videos wondering what happened to that chubby-cheeked baby I met in China ten years ago.\u00a0 It\u2019s far too clich\u00e9, but I will say it anyway\u2026 treasure all of it.\u00a0 You will look back and miss those days, even as you are enjoying the present.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to be reminding myself of that – all through the hormone-induced girl drama of middle school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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