Today we went shopping for baseball cleats (Gage has outgrown the ones we bought just 3 months ago). It was kind of an emotional moment for me.... crazy, given that normal milestones that people go on about (first day of Kindergarten, moving on to middle school, becoming a teenager) have never really effected me in the slightest. Someone once told me I am not sentimental and I agreed because I just didn't get what all the fuss was about. But watching him walk around in these size ELEVEN men's shoes almost brought me to tears. I kept asking, "Are you sure they fit?" I even made him stand on the foot measuring device to prove it! So when we got home, I went to his 'to keep box' and pulled out his first pair of Nikes to compare. I guess this is what everyone else felt when their kid went to kindergarten on the first day!
Just wait until he's married and becomes a father and you're holding his baby who feels like him when he was born! That's a HUGE moment! This is such an amazing shot (because I've lived this- twice!). fav
and you're not sentimental, eh? so how come you managed to keep his first nikes! and yes, he's grown, but hopefully, he's still far away from getting married! nice one, kim.
Oh my, Kim! Wow! I feel this will be taking place with our grandsons one day and everytime I see how fast they're growing, I try to brace myself! Any more it's not that long a time between those tiny Nikes and "new shoes"!
I love your story - the school bits never affected me either - I always wondered why mothers cried when you knew from the moment they were born that school was going to happen lol My girlfriend and I cheered, skipped down the street and went straight to a cafe hahahaha
Ahhh, I think the fact that you still have his first pair of NIKES proves your non-sentimental deal at least a bit untrue. This is fabulous. I am sorry you have one in size 11s. My youngest is 6'4'' it's ridiculous when this happens.
My how he's grown! A lovely keepsake and I guess everyone reacts differently to milestones. I remember bursting into tears when my son took his first steps through the kitchen door, thinking he will soon be grown up and gone!
Aww gotta love the parental sentiments here. How bittersweet it must be to see him grow. You want them to say small, yet you're also proud of how he's grown. Touching photo and words.
Love it, it all hit me when my son left for college!! never to return, but we are on vacation and will end it with a visit to Connecticut to visit him!!
Interesting narrative, and one I can understand. It i not the normal mile stones that get me, but the unexpected observations like you had here. Nice way to mark how you felt at the time!
