Surely I can't be old enough....
Jun 14th 2011 | 1:46 pm
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Surely I can't be old enough....
.....to have an 18 year old? I obviously am old enough but would like to think I don't look it 
My eldest turns 18 today & looking back through photos I can't believe how fast the years have gone. That tiny baby that I bought home from hospital 18 years ago today now towers over me. I am so very proud of him & feel very lucky to be able to say I'm his Mum.
He is still in the UK so I'm really noticing the distance today
but on a plus side he doesn't need his father's permission to come over to stay now 
Sorry for the slightly soppy post
Alison x
My eldest turns 18 today & looking back through photos I can't believe how fast the years have gone. That tiny baby that I bought home from hospital 18 years ago today now towers over me. I am so very proud of him & feel very lucky to be able to say I'm his Mum.
He is still in the UK so I'm really noticing the distance today
but on a plus side he doesn't need his father's permission to come over to stay now Sorry for the slightly soppy post
Alison x
Jun 14th 2011 | 2:22 pm
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
Hopefully he'll come for a visit soon. 
Jun 14th 2011 | 2:30 pm
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
.....to have an 18 year old? I obviously am old enough but would like to think I don't look it
My eldest turns 18 today & looking back through photos I can't believe how fast the years have gone. That tiny baby that I bought home from hospital 18 years ago today now towers over me. I am so very proud of him & feel very lucky to be able to say I'm his Mum.
He is still in the UK so I'm really noticing the distance today but on a plus side he doesn't need his father's permission to come over to stay now
Sorry for the slightly soppy post
Alison x
My eldest turns 18 today & looking back through photos I can't believe how fast the years have gone. That tiny baby that I bought home from hospital 18 years ago today now towers over me. I am so very proud of him & feel very lucky to be able to say I'm his Mum.
He is still in the UK so I'm really noticing the distance today
but on a plus side he doesn't need his father's permission to come over to stay now Sorry for the slightly soppy post
Alison x
Handsome young man, and he certainly was a very very cute baby
Hope he visits soon!
Jun 14th 2011 | 2:50 pm
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
Aww.....scarey how quick the years fly by....
(And, no you don't
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(And, no you don't
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Jun 14th 2011 | 4:01 pm
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
Time flies- my godson has just sent me a wedding invitation!!!!(Can't attend as it is in the UK and I can't afford to go, not would I wish to spoil the day for his uncle, to whom I used to be engaged.)
Jun 15th 2011 | 10:32 am
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
I had a moment like that last week when mmy eldest son celebrated his 24th birthday - I had one of those lightening moments when I looked at him and thought you're 24!!!! I'm 45!!! crikey I have a 24 yr old!!!! and then I looked quietly at him chatting to his brothers and my heart just about was bursting with love and pride for this lovely 'grown up' that I had brought into the world and raised. I suppose I ought to learn how to knit or something now lol
I hope he gets to visit you real soon, and I don't think it's a soppy post at all
S xx
I hope he gets to visit you real soon, and I don't think it's a soppy post at all
S xx
Jun 15th 2011 | 1:54 pm
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
My daughter was 18 last Monday. I know exactly how you feel!
She is well balanced, with a strong sense for justice, a beautiful voice, and a lovely bunch of friends.
I hope I can say the same after the party at our place this coming Saturday!
She is well balanced, with a strong sense for justice, a beautiful voice, and a lovely bunch of friends.
I hope I can say the same after the party at our place this coming Saturday!
Jun 15th 2011 | 2:17 pm
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
I do it every time my children have a birthday! I always used to laugh at my mum when she'd said similar to me 
It makes you cherish every moment. Friends died in a car accident last night along with their 1 yr old, 2 yr old and 9 yr old. You can only wish that you children live a long and happy life. So glad I annoy my children with a kiss and cuddle every morning before they go to school.
It makes you cherish every moment. Friends died in a car accident last night along with their 1 yr old, 2 yr old and 9 yr old. You can only wish that you children live a long and happy life. So glad I annoy my children with a kiss and cuddle every morning before they go to school.
Jun 16th 2011 | 12:19 am
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Re: Surely I can't be old enough....
That's awful, so sorry to hear that.
Jun 16th 2011 | 1:03 am
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Congrats!
