It's not always easy. Growing up can wait.

Let me tell you right now from the beginning of life you will see and learn the hard way over and over that life isn't far and it isn't easy. It's beautiful at times and at first in your infant life it will be easy. You will not have to do a thing but eat, sleep, grow, breath, and poop. Ah but then comes the part where it gets hard. You'll eventually have to learn things like don't bite mommy and the horrible infamous no. Then you'll start school and it's learning to share and learning to make friends and tie your shoes and to read and to do math and so much more. Some of it will suck horribly. Then comes elementary school. That require more math. That's about all the sucky I can think of as of the moment. I'm sure I'll come up with more later. Then it's on to middle school. It's the time of first loves, cute crushes, first boyfriends, and the horrid puberty. That is the worst. It will not treat you well at first. It will give you these nasty pimples and raging hormones that make you do lots of stupid things. Sometimes it makes you plain crazy. Now lets not leave out the growing pains. Those are major bummer as well. You'll learn there are many different kinds of growing pain and not all are physical. I'm not even going to begin on the possible suckyness of adulthood. I guess the thing I want to convey most this letter is to just wait. Don't be in a hurry to grow up. Childhood is by far so precious and fades so quickly. Speaking of adulthood, responsibility calls kiddo(s). 

xoxo, mom