Saturday I took Sidney to see "Beauty & the Beast 3D" which led me to discover two startling truths:
1) 3D movies are the biggest ripoff of our time
2) Damn, I'm getting old.
I remember watching this same movie when it first came out, way back when I was a kid. Most of the time I feel pretty young for my age (which I have to think on and remember most of the time) and I enjoy the perks of being a young mom. It's been nice being in the younger bracket and I don't feel matronly, not that feeling matronly is a bad thing, it's just not a feeling I'm familiar with.
There have been several moments over the past year that have made me pause and think back on my own childhood; Sidney loves to play dress-up in all my old recital outfits, she loves to look through my yearbooks and see old pictures of me and Justin, and one of her teachers in Pre-K is a girl who graduated a year after I did. But there was just something about sitting there in the dark theater with my little lady that really hit me. I am the mom, she's the kid. I'm experiencing something my own mother experienced years ago. This is a moment in time repeating itself. And I just felt so motherly...and a little old.
I'm sure there are going to be more moments like this, where I look around at my life and realize where I am on my timeline. It's almost indescribable, but I hope to always see a smiling face like this one wherever I am in life.
1) 3D movies are the biggest ripoff of our time
2) Damn, I'm getting old.
I remember watching this same movie when it first came out, way back when I was a kid. Most of the time I feel pretty young for my age (which I have to think on and remember most of the time) and I enjoy the perks of being a young mom. It's been nice being in the younger bracket and I don't feel matronly, not that feeling matronly is a bad thing, it's just not a feeling I'm familiar with.
There have been several moments over the past year that have made me pause and think back on my own childhood; Sidney loves to play dress-up in all my old recital outfits, she loves to look through my yearbooks and see old pictures of me and Justin, and one of her teachers in Pre-K is a girl who graduated a year after I did. But there was just something about sitting there in the dark theater with my little lady that really hit me. I am the mom, she's the kid. I'm experiencing something my own mother experienced years ago. This is a moment in time repeating itself. And I just felt so motherly...and a little old.
I'm sure there are going to be more moments like this, where I look around at my life and realize where I am on my timeline. It's almost indescribable, but I hope to always see a smiling face like this one wherever I am in life.
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