{"id":24472,"date":"2016-11-23T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=24472"},"modified":"2016-11-22T08:14:28","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:14:28","slug":"shes-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zoe.browdy.net\/?p=24472","title":{"rendered":"She’s ten"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Zoe was quite small,\u00c2\u00a0I asked her when she’d want me to stop bouncing\u00c2\u00a0and singing to her each night; her answer, after some thinking, was when she turned ten. At the time, it was hard to imagine her ever being that old\u00c2\u00a0– she was so little! And yet, here we are,\u00c2\u00a0facing a huge milestone of a birthday. Zoe is ten years old today.<\/p>\n

I’ll post a full update here soon, but for now I’ll\u00c2\u00a0share a few photos of her from over the years\u00c2\u00a0and quickly reflect on what\u00c2\u00a0what November 23, 2006 means to me. Having Zoe plunked on my stomach that Thanksgiving night (11:11 PM) was the best moment of my life – despite her crooked nose and funny little face, she was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. And becoming a mom and learning from a girl who often seems\u00c2\u00a0wise beyond her years has been humbling, exhilarating, exhausting, and amazing. I learn from her almost every day, and I can’t wait to see what kind of (gulp) woman she grows into and\u00c2\u00a0how our relationship evolves\u00c2\u00a0over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n

Oh, and as for our nighttime routine? I stopped bouncing her long ago, but she recently amended her plan and still wants me to sing\u00c2\u00a0my lullaby (which I made up when she was a baby) to her every night. She said I can stop when she turns 18.<\/p>\n

-M<\/p>\n

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