In just a few months my first born will turn 15! Over the years I have wished so many times to stop time flying by so fast, of course that wish has not come true. It is just such a strange sensation knowing I am old enough to have a daughter who is half way to thirty! If the last fifteen years has gone this fast, will the next go so fast?

In Australia 15 makes them old enough to get some part time work, 16 is the age they can learn to drive, but it is 18 years of age I fear the most. Aspen will be 18 in just a few years, at which point she is considered an adult, she can vote, she can drive, can get into bars and nightclubs, and she can purchase alcohol. How am I going to prepare myself for this? I can barely cope with the fact that boys look at her!

When I was her age, I was much more of a handful, I should count my blessings she is more like her father as a teen than me! She is an old soul in many ways, very caring, but one of my favourite things about her is how comfortable she is in her own skin. She doesn’t pretend to be anything she isn’t, she doesn’t try to impress, she’s just happy being her and gosh that makes my life easier! I’d like to take some credit for it, but I actually think I was just blessed with a pretty amazing kid (but aren’t we all).

I feel like in many ways if she stays the way she is, then she will do pretty well in this world, she will stand her own ground and make herself and the people around her very happy. My biggest fear is she will loose that carefree spirit, that ability to just be who she is. Maybe that is because I struggled for way too long trying to be heard.

One thing I know with suffering from anxiety is the ability to catastrophise things, fear the worst . . . it is easy to let fears take over and distract me from the moments right here, right now. So I am going to put my over thinking, anxious brain to bed, and focus on my amazing (still) 14 year old!

Time to reveal my fav’s from #mummyshot in Jan!

These absolutely gorgeous photographs were shared on #MummyShot Instagram Community! If you want to be part of the community just tag your mummy (daddy) pics with #MummyShot on Instagram. It is a community all about sharing amazing, beautiful moments of childhood without sharing full faces. Just tag your images for a chance to be featured on the blog, Insta, and Facebook.

These adorable images are shared by;

@lauries_littles. @mummylifeloves.

@treasureeverym. @mummyadventure.

Hope you can pop by their accounts and check out their fab feeds.

Thanks for joining me today, love to hear any advice you have on keeping calm as your children age. Love, Mac xx

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