I love the age my girls are in. They are in adolescence - 13 and 14 years old this summer with so much life in them! My children aren't rebellious, they are revellous.
This year I have been truely amazed by them. I am seeing them blooming into young women (my oldest especially) and strangely I am not sad. I feel a twinge like I ought to be, but I'm not. (Society seems to pressure loss like that.) I just find myself in awe for who they have become. It is the faith we had in homeschooling and godly teaching realized. I am starting to see the whole picture come together and they are beautiful!
They don't see it yet. They don't see how they stand out. I hear comments from family members and homeschool friends weekly about what beautiful girls they have become.  When did this happen?  We never intended on them being 'example' children. It's not bragging. It's more like amazement. They are still so young. . .
Maybe I won't feel this way in the fall when the lesson work comes around and I see the spelling errors and lazy mornings. But this summer....what a beautiful summer it is.