Growing Pains

How is it that my children seem to be growing up right under my nose? When they are small like Trinity, every milestone is easy to observe because they are big milestones, such as talking, rolling over, crawling, and walking. However, when they get older, those milestones are more difficult to see because they are more subtle. For instance, tonight Katy banged her shin on the dishwasher door, an injury that made me want to cry even though it hadn’t happened to me. But she didn’t cry. She grabbed her leg and cringed, but she didn’t cry. Only a few months ago, she would have been sobbing for five minutes, begging ice and all other types of medical care. When was it that she grew up enough not to cry at every little injury? Read more »