My girl, my baby, is 13 years old today..
I really thought I was doing ok with it.. I thought I was adjusting, accepting that yes, my daughter was going to be a teen.. I knew Clay was having a hard time with it, but it's different for a dad and his only daughter..
But me? Yeah, I was fine.. No problem right?
Wrong.. There I was sitting across from Clay at Famous Dave's BBQ having lunch and talking about football when BAM! It hit me.. Like a physical blow to the chest.. My baby, my little girl, was not a little girl anymore.. And then I did the unthinkable.. I cried.. Right there in the middle of the restaurant.. Bawled like a baby.. OMG! I don't cry.. I haven't cried in over a year, and I sure as hell don't cry in public! But there I was crying my eyes out, blubbering about how my sweet little baby who would sit in front of the television playing with toys and watching Blue's Clues is now wearing skinny jeans, shaving her legs, and talking constantly on her cell phone..
Well happy birthday 13 year old girl!
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You need a new picture to go with the new age! Hopefully my card got there or will arrive today (I think I put it in the mail on Thursday!) Hope she has a great day, I will try to get on facebook and wish her a happy birthday! And I hope you start to adjust to the fact that you have a teenager -- I can't imagine what that is like, but I'm sure I'll be facing it before I know it!
She did get the card.. She is going to e-mail everyone today after school and thank them..
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