It's quite amazing to watch the development of your child. Drawings transform. Questions get bigger. Play becomes more elaborate. Tiny moments of maturity appear. Lately, Claire is asking for me to confirm her spelling of words. She's building spaceships and blasting off. Her drawings have people in them with hands and mouths. I see that age 5 is just around the corner and I am so grateful that I get to witness this next chapter of her life. She is still very young though. Proof of this is the stream of questions the other night as we lay in bed: "Mom, when I am older will I wear high heels and makeup like you?" "Mom, what animal starts with a letter E? Elephant?"
Parenting is hard work. It is monotonous and relentless. Days are long. Time is rarely your own. But witnessing a child grow and develop is amazing!
