My Youngest Daughter is Growing Up!

Should I be worried that my THIRTEEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER looks like this? Oh…My…God! My child is growing up before my very eyes. This is my youngest daughter Shoshannah and like I just said, she is only 13 years old. She turns 14 in July and next year she can get her drivers permit. She took this picture of herself today on her cell phone and all giddy-like scrambles into my room and says “Mom wanna see a new picture I took?” My jaw dropped. I’m sorry but this pubescent girl looks like a woman! She had another growth spurt and now she is taller than me too.

Shoshannah is a pure joy– always. She is sweetness and light. I’m gonna save all the mushy stuff though for her 14th birthday and do to her what I did to Noah on this blog! If you haven’t read my post “My Son Turns 12 Today”, just click the link.

She plays the cello, works her ass off in school, she’s a great friend and an awesome daughter. But right now as I write this I’m distracted by this photograph of her! My god where did the time go? It seems like yesterday that she was only two years old with her blankie in one hand and her thumb in her mouth. She was my little shadow, following me around all over the house. She was never demanding, she would just quitely come up beside me where ever I was and suck that little thumb of hers. Sometimes I didn’t even know she was there! I could take her anywhere too. She never wandered off without me and if I just looked down for a moment, I was greeted with the largest dark chocolate eyes I have ever seen. She is altogether lovely! Not much has changed all these years. Well she stopped sucking her thumb of course, but she still loves to be near me. We have a very beautiful relationship and I cherish her and thank God for her everyday. Shoshie adores Simone and watches over her after school for me. She is the only one other than Dom and I that can handle her. Noah is great with Simmi too, don’t get me wrong, but Shoshie has taken the reins when it comes to caring for her when I need to do things. It has been great training for her, because she wants to start a babysitting job or any job! A job??? Geez, can’t you just stay my little girl for a while longer?

I’m going to miss them when they leave for spring break next week and it will be even harder when they are away for most of the summer.