09/07/2026
There are so many small endings in that we don’t recognize as endings when they happen.
The last time they ask to be carried.
The last time they crawl into your lap.
The last time they reach for your hand without thinking.
We’re often so busy moving through the day that we don’t realize a chapter has closed until we’re already in the next one.
Perhaps that’s part of parenting, too.
Loving who they are now, while quietly saying goodbye to who they were.