Veronica is 4, she is a very bold child, sometimes she surprises me with her actions, because for her young age she is usually very mature, she is the youngest sister, since I have a wonderful 9 year old boy, with the age that Veronica is, I still carry her in my arms as much as I can, because unlike my son, Veronica has the most mature version of me as a mother, I mean just don't rush anything, because children will eventually grow up and even if we don't want them to, there will come a time when they don't need us, so I try to hold them as much as I can and with 4 year old Veronica I still carry her, as soon as she wakes up she runs to mom's arms and I hold her saying good morning.


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At night I also swing her for a little while to say goodnight and goodbye for the day, but lately Veronica has shown me some things that are a little difficult for me as a mother and for her as a child, Veronica has noticed that it is getting a little harder to carry her and that when I cuddle her sitting up, her legs stick out a lot from my arms, I have noticed that she tries to shrink herself to look smaller, by then I just watched what was happening but I had a feeling, but I didn't want to accept what was coming next.


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One of those nights when I get ready to hold her those minutes to close the day and tell her it's time to sleep, my little girl tells me: mommy my legs are too long, I already knew what was going to happen and I was just waiting for her to finish the sentence, "I don't want to grow", trying not to deepen in that feeling, I told her: Vero growing up is very nice, look how you are, you heal very pretty and it's good to grow up! Your brother is growing up too, but Vero knows that it's not just about growing up and that's all.


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Vero knows that growing up will bring consequences and one of them is that sooner or later it will be very difficult for me to hold her and surely, those little moments where we share at night, that I usually walk her from the living room to her room to make it easier for her to sleep, will disappear!

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Lately she just starts crying and says "I don't want to grow up! and I try to support her in this feeling, but it turns out that I am also catching this and yes, she is right, it is not easy to grow up! growing up is part of our life cycle! But we are leaving things behind, I am very struck by how she so little realized all this, one day she told me if I keep growing up you won't be able to carry me much longer, I find it ironic, because I am one of the mothers who think I can handle everything regarding my children and their emotions, but this part of the story I don't know how to handle it, how do I tell her that eventually that will happen, I just try to tell her nice things to "decorate" this whole situation.




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Growing up is part of our evolutionary cycle and without realizing it we leave many things behind, do you remember when was the last time you were carried in your arms, do you remember that last time you played with your toys?

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