Thursday, March 19, 2015

Time [6th grade version]

{This series was inspired by my son's sixth grade english assignment
 of writing for six minutes, without edits or overthinking it.  
I'll be posting daily quick writes for the month of March.}

The days are slipping by so fast.

Yesterday the boy got his first pair of eyeglasses.

Today he had his hair lopped off and he looks a little like Eddie Redmayne.

Tomorrow we get a family dog.

Spring break is the week after next.

One more quarter left of sixth grade.

One more quarter left until I start Summer school.

One month until G turns 12.

He turned in his report on the Hindu Holy Trinity this week; tennis lessons; science test; and I finally let him play around with an Instagram account.

How did this happen?

The painful colic, the skinned knees?

His dressing up and acting like a dog?  Long gone, I tell you.

Typing up papers on his own computer.

Picking out brand name t-shirts so he can give the appearance of cool and to help offset the glasses mentioned above.

The mirrors.  Oh, the looking in the mirrors business is at an all time high. The self-awareness kicking into high gear.

All of this wonderful.

All of this hurts a little bit, but then smooths out into mama pride and acknowledgment of his next phase.

And the love.  The overpowering, all encompassing love I feel for this little human; this life.

Nothing quite like it.

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