THAT bridge..........

Life has a way of sneaking up on me.

Days turn into months.

Months turn into years.

And before I know it....they are little people with minds and ideas of their own.

When I used to hear a Mom talking about her TWEEN daughter- and their TWEEN-NESS.

Tween-ness being: independence

I would think to myself, "Ahhhhhhhh. I am glad I'm not THERE yet. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."

Well people...I am standing on the edge of THAT very bridge I thought was SOOOOOOOOOOOO far away.

I am looking at THAT BRIDGE and thinking that ....

I
AM
NOT
READY!!!!

Simple. Easy. Not yet.

ALAS........
I am afraid it is INEVITABLE.

THAT time has come.

The Lord thinks I am ready.

But...as usual....I have my doubts.

Shashamane has been saving her money and had some money from Grandma and Grandpa for christmas...so today- she bought and MP3 player.

Which made me excited thinking of all the ways we will bond over GIRL MUSIC.

I was going to SHARE my favorites with her:

Gwen Stefani

Lauren Hill

Alanis Morsette

Stevie Nicks

I was excited....She is growing up and I thought it was a better decision than a TOY(which she wouldn't play with in 2 weeks).

AND

like I said....I had BIG PLANS for us.

We were going to be taking this journey together....thru MY music.

Then we got home.

I said..."Maybe we will put some Gwen Stefani on there."

She said, "I dont want to."

Huh????

NO????

I blocked that out....nevermind.

We were going to BOND.

Then she brought me a list...of people she wanted on her MP3 player.

THIS was the list:
Victorious
Big Time Rush
Jonus Brothers
Miley Cyrus
Pink(later found out this was JAYS pick.LOL)
Bridget Minler
Miranda Cosgrove
Mitchel Musso
Demi Lavato

CRICKETS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

What?
Who?

Oh nooooooooooo.

Then I proceeded to say..."come on...lets go find some music we BOTH like."

And we headed to the computer to click on good ol' you tube.

I tried EVERYTHING.

Alanis Morrisett

Lauren Hill

Stevie Nicks.

And one after another....she turned up her nose.

She shook her head.

She said NO...1 by 1.

She denied me.

Then I said, "Wait a second, It seems like everything I like...you DON'T"

And then she took that FIRST STEP.

She walked ONTO THAT BRIDGE.

She looked me in the eye and said, "Pretty much...Yes."

Oh Lord..........Here we go!!!!