Tomorrow's Wishes

Yes! That is Tessa half way up the tree!

Her smile was ear to ear!

Sure I could keep saying, be careful, watch out, and keep worrying about that old thing called gravity, but dang it, she was having a good time. And besides us mom's have a kind of super agility and strength when it comes to saving our kids. So I knew I would throw myself under that tree faster then she would fall.

But she didn't...she climbed that tree just like I did as a little girl.  As I thought back to that time I remember...it was fun to see the world from a different perspective.



I think part of me doesn't want her to grow up so fast, and the other part of me wants to watch her to make these awesome accomplishments. I shared with Tessa about the tree in our backyard and how I used to climb it everyday. Her simple response... "Really?!" with a big wide grin was just what I needed. I did leave out the part about hanging upside down from the branches though. Look it's tiny steps alright!



I noticed that as she climbed up the tree and then down the tree and then back up the tree she would look up first to see where she was going to go next, where to place her foot or where she would be able to peek out at me next. It made me grin and beam with pride just knowing I had raised a young lady that could figure it out on her own.

It was at this moment...me looking up and her looking down at me all proud of what she had accomplished that the old saying... "If I knew then what I know now" came to mind. And I kind of shrugged my shoulders, smiled and said, naaaa it wouldn't have been nearly as fun growing up.

Say WHAT Mom?! Bahahaha