I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that although your relationship with your growing children will surely change, it will deepen and be no less satisfying.
as both i and my girls have grown older our realationship has deepened..we have cast off the niggles that teenage years produce and they are my most precious friends now...wonderful women in their own right....
How true - and beautifully illustrated. I find a mirror in nature to most of our own life...
ReplyDeleteYes, they do grow older and away. A loss and a release both at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI think you'll be pleasantly surprised to find that although your relationship with your growing children will surely change, it will deepen and be no less satisfying.
ReplyDeleteas both i and my girls have grown older our realationship has deepened..we have cast off the niggles that teenage years produce and they are my most precious friends now...wonderful women in their own right....
ReplyDeleteA bitter-sweet thought; autumn puts us in mind of the transience and circularity of all life.
ReplyDeleteIt is all good.