Time flew by

My daughter is turning 5 next month.I know she needs to grow up and that means I need to grow up as a parent. There will be more difficult questions and more so often sticky answers .She will start saying " Mommy you don't know a thing" more often now not realising I am holding back because I don't want her growing up so fast. I do not want her to be exposed to things that I do not want to deal with and explain to her. As a parent I do not want her to grow up fast and deal with the pressures of the changes that come with it but as I realise that I need to learn to start to let go.Its important for me to make her more independent of us from now to be reassured that as a adult she will be a strong individual capable of making her own decisions and also stand by the wrong ones she makes.
I cannot imagine how fast time has flown by since the day I found out I was pregnant with her the horrible mood swings ,outrageous morning sickness,longest and painful labor and the most depressing baby blues . Here were are now she is 5 already and I don't know how the 1825 something days flew by. Sure there were sleepless nights , night feeds and a screaming baby but I look back at those and would not trade those memories for anything in the world .She was our first and when I found out she was a girl I was secretly most excited in my mind.I finally was going to have a best friend when I grew old. I will have someone to talk to and share special moments with through the rest of my life.
I am looking forward to sharing some wonderful times with my daughter her high school graduation,her college graduation,wedding and ofcourse I will stand by her labor and always support her whenever she needs help with her kids.I know its a long way but nobody said you could not dream . Right now we will work on giving her a great birthday bash something she will remember when she is older and have something exciting to look back in her childhood memories.