Are you my mother?

I am a very proud Mama today.

We are in the beginning of the 2nd six weeks of Kindergarten, and my Bug just read her first book today.

Tootsie and I go to the library every Wednesday for Story Time, and we always bring back movies and books, of course.

I brought back a small stack of books today and, this afternoon, as I was folding clothes, I heard the Bug in the playroom.  She was sitting at the play table with a book, and she read the entire thing by herself.

This was the book -- Are you my mother?  by P.D. Eastman

I was amazed.

I sat there listening and felt a mixture of pride and sadness swell in my heart.  Proud and sad about this next step in her little life.

I really love seeing them grow and hit those milestones, because that's the way it should be.

But I also know that each milestone reached is the end of a part of their childhood.

The last time I nursed her.

The last time she slept in a crib.

The last time I fed her with a spoon.

The last time I changed her diaper.

The last time I rocked her to sleep.

Each accomplishment is a last time.

Precious one, I would hold onto you forever if I could, because, yes...

I am your mother.