Just the other day I did something that was painful. Not the kind of pain where you stub your toe or bang your head...None the less, it was painful. Just the other day, I registered my baby for kindergarten!! My life is changing...Never mind HER life.
My kid is growing up yet I am the one with the growing pains.
I have experienced growing pains. Here is how:
First, the moment I took that test that told me I was pregnant, I became a mother. I was no longer just a wife, at that moment I was responsible for another life. Let the growing pains begin.
Second, as my belly expanded as God knit my daughter together in my womb, I experienced the pains and joys of pregnancy and giving birth. Growing pains.
Through all the wonderful events such as breastfeeding, potty training, sickness, dance recitals, swimming lessons and many others...I have experienced growing pains. As I watched my baby grow into a wonderful little girl I experienced growing pains. It is hard for me to watch my only child grow up. I have changed to meet her needs. I became a mother. A Mom who hugs her, teaches her to read, wipes her nose and wipes her tears. It seems as if I can physically see her growing...I mean I know I can't really, but it seems as if I can and as she is growing...I feel the pains.
As I mentioned at the beginning, I registered my daughter for kindergarten the other day. Now, I could have called and registered her that way but nope, not me. I had to go down to the school and see it, ask all the right questions and meet her new teacher. Turns out that I know her teacher. That is a relief. It makes the pain of letting her go to school a little easier. So as we cross this new bridge, I feel the growing pains. I am now entering a new phase in my daughters life. It is not just a new phase in her life, it is a new one for us as parents. The phase of school days. **Sigh** I know it is only kindergarten but once she starts that, there is no going back. Next thing I know, she will be coming home with huge papers to write, clubs to be involved with, hard decisions to make such as to drink or not to drink, dating, sex, drugs, parties, sleepovers, driving....AHHHHHH!!! There is no stopping this! IIIII have growing pains. As she grows I have to as well. I need to have the knowledge and wisdom to answer some potentially difficult questions.
The only peace I have, is in knowing that we are raising a girl who loves God. We are trying our best to train up our child in the way she should go...just as the Bible tells us too. Our prayer is that she will not part from these ways.
So, my little girl is growing up and I have the growing pains. I am thankful for each stage of her life because it means that I grow as well. I pray that God keeps us all close to Him and close to each other as we take this next journey.
