tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post3915585597562829731..comments2024-03-27T05:30:07.368-04:00Comments on The More, The Messier: Unwonted SentimentalitySuburban Correspondenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-63672082696354099372012-08-30T23:09:32.574-04:002012-08-30T23:09:32.574-04:00He has to grow up so he can get married and give y...He has to grow up so he can get married and give you grandkids---that's the way I think to survive the whole thing.Jenn @ Juggling Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14455967210924573398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-6548243603294473422012-08-30T06:59:33.211-04:002012-08-30T06:59:33.211-04:00I never imagined Wile E. Coyote could be used as a...I never imagined Wile E. Coyote could be used as a metaphor for parenting, but it's a good one. You are absolutely right. From now on I will never look down.Common Household Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03715969218648104267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-51710565161203714982012-08-28T19:11:30.663-04:002012-08-28T19:11:30.663-04:00Wait. This is the goal of parenting? Son of a bitc...Wait. This is the goal of parenting? Son of a bitch! Homemaker Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04184158557108064422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-81866986086802216392012-08-28T15:07:09.821-04:002012-08-28T15:07:09.821-04:00Okay, so maybe we can meet up and be maudlin toget...Okay, so maybe we can meet up and be maudlin together. Sometimes I torture myself by picturing exactly what each kid looked like at 2 years of age. I just can't help it.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-86748983200259372382012-08-28T14:19:29.008-04:002012-08-28T14:19:29.008-04:00I have to tell you that I am sitting here with tea...I have to tell you that I am sitting here with tears in my eyes (At work. At my desk) and I am trying not to snivel. My baby - the one who couldn't say "s" (so a spoon was a poon) and who loved trucks and cars (or dados) and used the word albeit correctly when he was 10? He is almost 14 - and such a teenager, that I cannot stand it. I know that this is the goal of parenting - but it seems to have happened so quickly and without a second's peace to savour it. And you know - you never know when something they do or say is the last time, so you can tuck it away to remember. Sighmomwhoknitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953391478311778178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-69585586052668009552012-08-28T11:55:32.946-04:002012-08-28T11:55:32.946-04:00You've gone and made me feel wistful this morn...You've gone and made me feel wistful this morning. <br />My kids mature on the older end of the numbers, but my fourth child, my BABY -- my happy-go-lucky sunshine boy -- just turned 13 last month. Suddenly he is staying up late, sleeping in (he NEVER did that before!) and looking less like a young boy. And while mine never had that sweet teddy bear look, he has always been my sweet, gentle son<br />I have to go find a tissue now...Karen (formerly kcinnova)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16705613736966783261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-38565842867862603952012-08-28T09:18:08.961-04:002012-08-28T09:18:08.961-04:00Ah, for the days when all it took were hamburgers ...Ah, for the days when all it took were hamburgers and Legos...<br />Happy Birthday to your boy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29186394.post-37104042043809344052012-08-28T08:20:40.345-04:002012-08-28T08:20:40.345-04:00Oh, I have felt that moment of recognition. For m...Oh, I have felt that moment of recognition. For me, it was the first time I walk into their bedrooms to wake them up and discover that there is MAN hair on their legs. <br /><br />The good thing is, you have them spread out enough that hopefully the older ones have returned to bringing you joy. This is what comes from having a larger family. You get to see the beginning, the middle, and the end of child raising. There's always a different view.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08556301919720689325noreply@blogger.com