10 Years Ago Today 2
…landisdad and I walked into a hospital as a couple of adults, and walked out as parents. (All right, that was actually 10 years from two days from now, but that’s somewhat less poetic.)
Happy Birthday, darling Bee.
I never thought that you would be almost as tall as I am, by the time you were 10 years old.
I didn’t know that you would be the kind of kid who eats her dessert as slowly as possible, in order to wring every bite of enjoyment out of it.
I knew that you would be a reader (how could you not be? you’re my daughter!), but I never knew how awesome it would be to see you reading at your safety post, every morning.
I never knew you would be such a good singer.
I didn’t know that you would love soccer, even this year when you have to be on a team with boys.
I never knew that I would worry about you every single day of the rest of my life.
I didn’t know that I would be proud of you every single day for the rest of my life.
Thank you for being the best 10-year-old girl in the Western Hemisphere. Have a wonderful birthday, Bee, and may it be followed by a wonderful year.
Jody replied:
Happy Birthday, Bee! (And happy parent-day, Bee’s mom and dad. TEN YEARS. Wow.)
September 30, 2009 at 9:26 am. Permalink.
MetroDad replied:
Happy birthday, BEE! Can you believe you’re a parent to a 10-year-old, LM? Incroyable!
September 30, 2009 at 10:26 am. Permalink.
Library Lady replied:
Lovely. Happy birthday to her and congratulations to YOU on 10 years of motherhood.
(And if you think 10 is scary, wait until FOURTEEN. Sigh….)
September 30, 2009 at 12:14 pm. Permalink.
Jennifer replied:
Happy birthday Bee, and congratulations to you on your lovely, lively child!
September 30, 2009 at 1:42 pm. Permalink.
christie replied:
awww happy birthday Bee!!!!!
October 1, 2009 at 10:53 am. Permalink.
Susan replied:
Happy, happy birthday, Bee!
October 1, 2009 at 9:03 pm. Permalink.
jo(e) replied:
Hope she had a happy birthday. And wow — you’ve been a parent for ten years! That’s a milestone!
October 4, 2009 at 11:13 pm. Permalink.
chichimama replied:
Happy belated birthday to her, and wow, ten years!
October 5, 2009 at 10:11 am. Permalink.
Liesl replied:
I hope her birthday was wonderful. And congratulations on a decade of mothering 🙂
October 8, 2009 at 11:45 pm. Permalink.
the five-year mark « Bumblebee Sweet Potato replied:
[…] happened in September, except that I painted a chalkboard on our basement wall. Oh, and the Bee turned 10. […]
January 31, 2010 at 7:16 am. Permalink.