So Big

When she catches me thinking she’s too little, she reminds me. “I’m big enough to push the cart, Mom.”

This weekend she’ll have her first driving lesson.

Tonight she stood right next to me (right next to me!) and we sang together. Well, we almost sang together because every time I got a note out I got all choked up again and just couldn’t believe that this quiet little girl had volunteered to do this. She sang from somewhere deep and real. She is nervous, but growing still and ready to try this new thing.

She is so very big now. She can push the cart, sing in church, almost drive the car. She will be a very good grown up. Not yet. Soon.