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Parenting

MarianJack

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4. I almost dread that day.

Reply to HopeHoops (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 4, 2012, 04:56 PM

Jul 2012

Today he went to PA to spend the next several weeks with my wife's family. While we're glad that he'll have fun and that this is becoming something of an annual event for him to go blow off steam with his cousins.

He is already taller than my wife and a few days ago I offered a bet to her that he'd be taller than I when he came back. She declined the bet.

We've found that parenting is a combination of joy and pain. We're happy for each advancement but we're sad about what's left behind. We're proud of the young man but we miss the baby, the toddler and the kid.

PEACE!

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I know that every parent has felt, is feeling or will feel what my wife and I are feeling today. [View all] MarianJack Jun 2012 OP

They do grow up mzteris Jun 2012 #1

I can't imagine loving a child of my blood more than my adopted son. MarianJack Jun 2012 #2

Our eldest recently turned 21. It's not easy to deal with. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #3

I almost dread that day. MarianJack Jul 2012 #4

"I SWEAR they weren't that old yesterday!!!" HopeHoops Jul 2012 #5

You just said a mouthful! MarianJack Jul 2012 #6

Vah vas zat? I goff myz muff fulz. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #7