MY FIRST TEENAGER

I never really thought about what it would mean, 13 years ago, when you were born…that at some point you would grow UP. Grow beyond, pass me with a smile and a wave and that glint of mischief in your eye. I mean, I KNEW it was coming, but it wasn’t any kind of tangible real thing then. That you would grow from a baby with the most darling feet and dimple to a toddler to a child to a preadolescent to a TEENAGER. Now you’re in 7th grade. You’re thirteen! You’re the most amazing person and all I can...