She’s my little girl.
My kindergartner.
It’s only been a blink, a mere 6 years of flashing blue eyes and heart capturing giggles.
Her pink freckled cheeks still clinging to the softness of childhood.
Her blue eyes that still light up when Daddy walks in.
Balancing on the precipice.
She’s still my little girl.
And yet, there are moments…
Moments that stop my heart and rip the breath from my lungs.
Moments where I’m caught off guard and I catch glimpses of the woman she will become.
It’s those moments that bring me the most joy and the most pain.
So beautiful.
.-= laura @ hollywood housewife´s most recent blog ..this is a director of photography =-.
Wow….so beautifully spoken. I too have a little girl who is going to be entering Kindergarten in the fall. This will be one of the hardest moments for me….shadowing day was hard enough, I can’t imagine http://www.lifedownourlane.com/2010/05/just-me-and-my-shadow.html
I remember when my little girl was a kindergartner. She is 12 now. How time flies by!
You have a beautiful girl!
Do I ever see her mother in that look! Wonderful shot and I can’t help but wonder what is going through that beautiful head.
HEy there GOB 😉
I think it was.. why won’t Mom buy me a lollipop before kickball 😉
Thank you.
Love you and all your personalities
.-= Rachel ~ Southern Fairytale´s most recent blog ..A Moment =-.
I have a few of those moments already – and she’s just TWO! It’s crazy and scary how fast time goes by. I swear she was JUST a baby! My baby! Isn’t she STILL a baby???
Your daughter is lovely, btw. 🙂
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*sigh*
Yes. That. Exactly that.
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Beautiful to the point that I don’t know what else to say about it, except that it is so beautiful.
.-= HaB ´s most recent blog ..M is for…. =-.
Oh my God. Beautiful. That’s motherhood…
She’s an awesome kid. Takes after her parents. And how freakin true, that last line!!
.-= BusyDad´s most recent blog ..To Rock =-.
Gawd, Rachel. What a beautiful picture of a beautiful little girl! Of course she’s still your baby. In thirty years she will still be.
.-= Krissa´s most recent blog ..Hello? Is anyone still out there? =-.
OH man.
I don’t know how I’m going to deal w/having to live through this eventually. I’m going to be the mom who cries all the time about her baby growing up. LOL
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Awww!!! beautiful girl, that she is! She will always be your baby – even after 30 years! 😀
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Waaaaah! I know exactly how you feel.
It is the combination of joy and pain that defines motherhood, isn’t it? She’s beautiful. 🙂
love this.
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Sigh. I wish I could leave a profound comment, but I can’t. The tears are making it hard to see.
.-= Kimba´s most recent blog ..Favorite Things =-.
I try to embrace it. It’s funny — my husband said something similar to 15 years ago (we met when I was 19). He said he could see the kind of woman I would become at 35, and that’s one reason he wanted to marry me. I try to look at my kids with that same philosophy … I know what I hope they will be when they are men, and when I see glimpses, I try to feel proud. (When I’m not crying:)). Ahhhh…. motherhood!
.-= Hollee Temple´s most recent blog ..TGIFive-Bite Friday: “Almost Mother’s Day” Edition =-.
That is a fabulous photo, you did capture that ‘tween moment wonderfully.
.-= Tara R.´s most recent blog ..My sunset sky =-.
you are one year ahead of me. Piper starts school Aug. 1st, and I’m already getting an anxious lump in my throat!
Happy Mothers Day, mama!
~emily
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She does look so grown up in that picture. You can just picture her as a young woman. *sniff, sniff*
Joey put on a baseball hat the other day and just like that he looked like a teenager. ACK!
.-= Kat´s most recent blog ..Too Good Not To Share =-.
Precious. And true. They keep growing up…*sigh*
Wait ’til she’s a senior in high school. Where did the time go?
.-= Mary´s most recent blog ..Singing Along on Saturday with Tags and Awards =-.
It never ends, if we’re really lucky.
I agree.
Liz, you always leave the best comments xoxo Thank you