Somehow I became THAT mom. You know the one. She is always talking about how amazing her son or daughter is and forcefully shoving a picture or video of the little angel in your face. From the moment we were matched, I changed into a new person, and I assumed that EVERYONE would want to know about my joy, my happiness, my baby.Knowing how annoying THAT person can be, I try not to tell more than one story about her at a time, but I still marvel that she is part of my family and my world. I can't stop.
People claim they like it. Do I trust them???
Honestly, I have the most beautiful, smart, athletic, amazing daughter in the whole world. She is a natural swimmer, amazing ice skater, dancer, singer, songwriter, and performer. She learned to do cartwheels when she was 4 by herself... She pitches like a boy twice her age, swings a golf club like a professional, and has been able to swing across monkey bar rings since she was 3. How many kids are like that?She has been asking for pixie dust ("real pixie dust, Mommy. I want to fly outside my dreams") and a tuba (10x bigger than her) for years.
She was doing addition and subtraction at the table when she was 3. We didn't start reading with her until this year (because of the learning English thing), and she has been a total whiz. She gets it.
People walk up to us off the street or at restaurants or at the mall to tell us how beautiful she is. It hasn't been a one time thing. Does everyone experience this?
She has a posse of people who follow her around at the grocery store giving her treats (they work there & are her personal friends?). I had never heard of such a thing.
She is fearless and walks up to all kinds of kids (ages 2-18) and even adults playing with kids to ask if she can play with them. I was the biggest wuss ever. I still am.
I don't know if I can stop talking about her. She is totally awesome from her sunny (mostly) personality, infinite energy (think the universe or the sun), and playful, creative nature.
I guess the world just has to accept us for who we are. And I am in love and gushing about my girl.
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My daughter is a lot younger (almost 14 mos) so I can't brag about everything that she has been able to do yet, but people constantly come up to me to tell me how beautiful she is. I think that it is partly because she was born with a lot of hair and it just kept growing!
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to hear a mother gush about her child in a world where Facebook is littered with updates of people complaining about their kids.
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