My little Holland, You are going to kindergarten tomorrow. When we had to decide if we wanted to add to our family of four, the answer for me was always yes. I knew that you were out there, and I just had to bring you into our lives. I will never say you made it easier, but I will always say you made it better. You were the crescendo to the twilight of my years parenting young children. Your childhood has been a gift to me as a mother. You let me experience it all over again- birth, nursing, exhaustion, frustration, joy, laughter and wonder. You are so funny (your faces, your expressions, the way you dance). You are so sweet. (Your tender heart, the way you crave touch and caresses, the way you pull my hair and tell me you love me, like you did just today). I haven’t wished away your childhood. I get it now. I see how fast it goes. The thumb sucking, asking for help to do things you could do b...
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