how exactly does a parent - and more specifically a mama - redefine herself as the kids grow up? i realize the question is a tad premature given that our sweetpea is just 4...but she needs me less and less every day. some days that fact overwhelms me with sadness, and i yearn for the days when i could carry her on my hip 24/7.
but...slowly...i'm stretching my legs into a once more independent life. yippee, right? so why am i so stuck? so at odds with the potentials?
hence the question. now that i'm free to be "me" a little more often...how to rediscover who that person is and what she wants? because to be honest, she feels like a total stranger.
so. here's to my sweetpea. whose growing up has allowed me to see my life again. to see the potential in her is to see the potential in every human being. myself included.
Friday, February 15, 2008
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