Every year, at her annual check-up, the pediatrician and I would discuss THE word to describe how the year had been…

This is what we came up with:

The Wonderful One’s
The Terrible Two’s
The Trying Three’s
‘Cuz she’s tried everythang!
Especially my patience!!!

The Fearsome Four’s
Suddenly afraid of everyone and everything…
until
The Freaky Deaky Five’s!!
Who are YOU and WHAT have you done with my child?

The Sexy Sixes…
She is female… watch her come
into the
The Serendipitous Seven’s…
Cuz she was lucky to make it
to the

Exasperated Eight’s.

The Know It ALL Nine’s
Patience? You ARE my friend!

The Tenacious Ten’s
The Elevated Eleven’s
The Testy Twelve’s
Hello patience?? Where does it END??

The Thirsty Thirteen’s…
Seeking knowledge and more
Until the Fortuitous Fourteen’s
For OH what a drama!
The Filthy Fifteen’s — her room…
A crime scene diorama!

Sixteen’s Sweet?
Mmhmm… If you say so…!

Seventeen is a goggle…
Eighteen a mind boggle…
Nineteen is Thunder and Lightning…

As the chaos comes asunder
And from the girl child
‘comes a woman
And the journey’s end becomes
A Wonder.

How did this go so fast?
Why didn’t it last longer?
Each second a gift
Each moment a pleasure

Don’t miss a moment of this
Enjoy it, at leisure.
It’s beyond precious…

It’s all just… A Treasure.

Enjoy it ALL! Don’t miss a moment.
The good, the bad,
the ugly, the indifferent.
It’s all just SOO worth it.
Please… Just? Savor it.

And Thank you, for sharing…!!

:)

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