grown children's birthdays

Me, too! My sons will be 22 and 23 this month, one day apart, and when I think of them turning another year old I remember things like their learning to walk, how sweet they looked in their cribs asleep, how they laughed and kissed me and all the other precious moments when they were small. I'm so blessed to have been trusted to raise these wonderful men and the memories comfort me when I'm lonely or I miss them--which is a lot!

You are absolutely right, and heck I am saying this as a mother of children that are only going to be eight in December and four in October. It seems like they really are growing up in the blink of an eye and I really miss the babies that they were. I am also very proud of the individuals that they are becoming and I know that they reflect well on me, but there is something about those precious memories of them being babies that I really, really miss.

I can understand that. My son has moved back in with us, and I find I am telling him things about his childhood, etc. Those memories are just always right behind the curtain. I also find that having grandchildren makes me start talking about when my children were small.

Hi pat, congratulation. Now you are a mother of a son of fifty years old.In the eyes of mother children are always baby. Children never get old to their mother. For this reason the word 'Mom' is so sweet.

My daughter is only eight years old and still needs me to physically take care of her. I imagine that when my child becomes an adult she will always be my baby. I think it is perfectly natural to hold on to those special memories…Our offspring will always be babies to us I guess…They are memories we will never let go of…

I love baby memories except when I am a passenger in the car with them..lol...all I can remember is wiping their little hineys and suddenly they are driving me around! Oh my.

I know what you mean as I feel the same to every time it is their Birthday, it just seems not so long ago when they where little and having their Parties

I agree with you. Though the children are all kidadults but to me they always remain adultkids as memories of them when they were babies still remain strong in me. I will always cherish the memories of the day they came out from me and the pleasure of seeing them growing up remain vivid in my memory.

Yep, they are precious memories....