A Permission Slip To Slow Down

A poem for toddler parents

Photo by Zachary Kadolph on Unsplash

A mom-blogger on Instagram makes a reel, reminding her and her audience that she only has thirteen more summers left with her five-year-old daughter.

After that, she says, she won’t want to spend her days with me. There will be friends, she says. And young love, and adventures, Mama will take a backseat.