10 Years with Pip
Whisper Mania
Ten years ago, my sweet Whisper Mania joined our family. Eric and Jordan came to to the delivery room with me. Alek and Ravynn stayed with Grandma. We’d been scheduled for induction at 6am. The nursing staff didn’t believe me when I told them labor had already started, so I just let them do what they’d planned and allowed them to marvel at how well everything was going.
I’m nice like that. It was kind of a bonus that they left me alone for the six minutes between the start of active labor and her birth.
She’s been a lovely last child. Like the rest of them, she’s come with her own unique set of challenges, but also her unique set of blessings. She brings us an incredible amount of joy.
But…
The coming of her 10th birthday is throwing this mama into a bit of a freak out. My BABY is about to be in a double-digit age bracket. Babies aren’t 10. Little kids aren’t 10. Big kids who are almost teenagers are 10.
Overdramatic? Maybe, but it feels valid. And a little painful.
Whisper agreed that if we allow her to turn 10, she’ll stop there for awhile. How sweet of her.
She’s nice like that, but I suspect the draw of 11 will be too strong to resist.
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