my baby girl is 13 today

shania turned 13 today,i'm sad and happy. sad because of all the years that have flown by. and happy to see her grow into a beautiful young woman.i'm excited to see what the future holds and just know she is going to do something great with her life,no matter which path she chooses.i see so much of myself in her,it brings back a lot of memories of my childhood. i want to be a good mom to her,just like my mom was to me.my mom's shoes are hard to fill and i find myself questioning my parenting sometimes.shania and i talk a lot when everyone else is asleep,we talk about my mom and my childhood.and we talk about our fears hers of loosing grandma and mine of loosing my mom.shania is so warm and caring and such a little lady. i am so proud of her,i want us always to be close if i have learned anything about life it is so short and you have to make the most of each day.because unfortunately as i have learned there is no promise of tomorrow.i had the best time with shania the other night,we stayed up late drinking ice tea and looking through old photo's from her babyhood and mine.i feel so blessed to have such a beautiful daughter.