O.K. I am quite disheartened by a certain turn of events. Somewhere along the line, with no advice from me my children have had the nerve to grow up!!! How dare they. I was not consulted, I signed no permission slip...how did this happen!! My oldest child (11.5 year old girl) wanted my advice on what to do about her underarm hair......UNDERARM HAIR!!!!!! She's still a baby isn't she, can't I keep her that way? Please someone tell me how. It was more than I could take and I remained in my younger daughters room and cried after she left. I stared into the crib and remembered....she used to wake up singing from every nap and every  morning, I would peek a boo into the room and her face would explode into a smile and reach for me squeeling happily. I could still see it, I could still smell the baby magic lotion, the dreft on her blanket. I was surprised by my uncontrolable emotion. It hadn't happened overnight. She's been growing up slowly but I don't think I let myself notice really. I buy the larger clothes and shoes, step up to different levels of math and other subjects but in my mind she was still my baby girl. She will always be my baby girl......now I know what my mother means when she says that. To me she will forever be mine to protect, they all will. Praise God for my children.