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My daughter’s 13th birthday is approaching and my thoughts keep going back to her younger days. The days where we would spend hours in her room play with Barbies, baby dolls and miniature doll houses. I go back to the days when she would have me and her daddy play dress up with her. The days when she loved the color pink.
That little girl had hat boxes full of big frilly hair bows and matching bracelets. Ebay was fairly new back then and I would order custom made dress to go with a specific theme. When Finding Nemo came out in 2003, she was head to toe in a custom Nemo outfit to celebrate her 1st movie experience. Those days are gone…now it’s Areopostle hoodies, mobile devices and earphones.
The color pink still exists as her bedroom paint color which she has asked to have removed many times. But I can’t let it go. It’s all I have of the color pink.
Circa 2009
I’m not an overly clingy mother. I brought my teen home last night from her Junior high Volleyball game and went to eat taco bell right after. It was just the two of us. We left and made our way to visit her piano/voice instructor then made our final stop at the football field to watch my son practice for a little bit. My daughter & I headed home together and I started thinking: We were spending time together. Enjoying each others company and “hanging out”.
I realized at that moment the color pink wasn’t going to come back into my life anytime soon. There would be no more twirling around in a ballet outfit or imaginary tea parties. Those days might be long gone but she still wants to hold my hand in the mall and leans on my shoulder while we watch my son’s football practice.
But it’s not the same.
She’s the director of this show and if I’m lucky, she’ll at least wear the color pink.
Maria
What a beautiful way to describe your relationship with your daughter. She will always need you, even when the teen years get messy
and someday hopefully not soon you may get a grandbaby girl to dress up in pink again.
It is really difficult sometimes when our kids “outgrow” us. My son is 15 and still hangs out with me on occasion but all the little things I loved doing just a few years ago with him are now distant memories. I am proud of him though because he knows who he is already and that is something most kids his age don’t.
They grow up so fast.. but one day, she will not only be your Daughter, but your best friend.
So beautifully written! I have a 13 month old and I don’t want her to grow up.
Absolutely beautiful! I have a 9 year old daughter and I love the relationship we have with one another!
Hopefully WAY later there will be grandchildren, and then you will get tea parties and the color pink back again!
She is beautiful
You never know, pink may make a comeback! I’ve noticed that teens go through this “I’m practically an adult now” phase, then midway through they seem to revert back to children briefly.
Aww, this is so sweet.
Enjoy the upcoming teen years with your daughter.
She’ll wear pink again! I remember when I stopped but I came back around again. What a beautiful way to describe your relationship.
There is no bond stronger that the one between a mother and her children. Nice post!
Awww…. some gals and women will love pink forever! Erin’s right, she’ll hit that phase where pink will be cute once again! This is such a heart warming post!
They grow up so fast. But one thing I learned with my kids is that phases come and go.
Beautifully perfect way to describe the Passing of the Pink. But here’s a heads up, it never totally passes, and you never totally let it go. Great post my friend. BB2U