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let’s celebrate everything about Coco today! As a mom, it feels impossible to write these email
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letâs celebrate everything about Coco today! As a mom, it feels impossible to write these emails⦠How do you sum up an entire year of watching your kid grow? Coco will always be my daily reminder of miracles. The big, weighty, complex kind that came in the form of a baby after two losses and three years of waiting⦠and the little, quiet kind of miracles like when the children sleep past 6AM and you wake up feeling rested. Iâve been thinking a lot lately about how the narrative around motherhood is so focused on the âfirsts.â The first steps, the first tooth, the first time they get dressed by themselves⦠but what Iâve been witnessing and awake to are all of the lasts that weâre experiencing. Sometimes without even noticing. I donât say this to sound sad. Itâs remarkable actually. As my kid now dresses herself and makes her bed on her own (with her 5 little stuffies just so), I am witnessing her grow into this young lady. With that growing, there inevitably come the things she doesnât need us to do for her anymore. And while the lasts seem to happen without any warning or fanfare, Iâm willing myself to celebrate them the same way we honor the firsts. Because I think that for all of the parenting journey, as one chapter ends, more sprout right out of it. When the questions about why blue and yellow make green fade into questions about love and hope and â gulp â car insurance? We have so many adventures ahead of us. Itâs wild to think Iâve been a mother for five whole years. I feel like Coco is being raised with me as I dig into who I am and what I believe, as I ask the bigger questions, as I work to change this world for her. Weâre becoming together and what a gift that is. ([I talk more about this in yesterday's blog post dedicated to my sweet Coco.]()) = These days Iâm a little more protective of my kids and their own stories, but let me give you a little lens into the life of my sweet girl. - She is wildly confident (hmph, I wonder where she gets that from). She loves when people notice her and isnât afraid to use theatrics to make sure they are watching. - She is strong â physically and mentally, that chick will pick up her sister and just carry her around. - She is smart. I am basically being schooled by her when she comes home and teaches me sign language every day. - She is musical. She can learn a song in one day and then she can sing it â even with accents â right back to us. (This is usually at 4AM when she remembers it and must sing it immediately.) - She is creative. Weâve basically turned our dining room table into an art station cluttered with markers and crayons. That girl loves to create art, and I canât toss a single piece of itâsend help! - She loves to travel. She remembers trips with vivid detail and precision (even drew a hotel we stayed at two years ago!) and loves a good airplane ride. - She is a deep feeler. She isnât afraid to feel her feelings and express her emotions. She is empathetic and emotional but in a way that allows her to fully express herself. - She is helpful. Give her a dish to wash or laundry to be folded and girlfriend steps up to the task. I thank Montessori schooling for all of that because she does not get that from me, lol. Mothering her has reminded me of the parts of me that I maybe lost or hid from myself along the way. It challenges me to help bring every aspect of her to life. I want to be the biggest encourager and supporter of everything she is! Being her mom makes me fall deeper in love with the experience of livingâaaaand reminds me that my parents probably had no clue what they were doing when they parented me, too. Ha! I canât wait to celebrate this sweet, spunky, FIVE (!!!) year old. Sweet Coco, I loved you before I met you. Iâm so glad youâre mine! I love who you are, and I honor who youâre becoming, Love, Mama P.S. Random idea for next yearâs vision board for you! If youâre able to, try and get some intentional 1:1 time with your kiddo. I recently took Coco on a girls weekend to Chicago and we had THEEEE best time. I want to make it an annual thing, just to give her that focused attention. Core memories for sure! [Unsubscribe]( Jenna Kutcher 440 N Barranca Ave #4227 Covina, California 91723 United States
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