Reality check

I was - for the first time as a Mom - getting a little panicky about how fast Benjamin and Jonah are growing up. 

I've been packing/giving away a lot of their little baby clothes, toys, and accessories.  Then popping over to catch up on How Do You Do It (and this post in particular).  And the thought of sending them off to kindergarten... agh!  Don't even say it!  (and I'm glad we're not planning to send them off...) 

Then the ultimate send-off of college and - poof - out into the big wide world they go. 

Panic!  Sadness!   Ack, ack, ack!

And then I realized that must be why God made the teenage years.... I think half-way through that I'll be saying, "Shoo!  Shoo, you little fiends!"