I feel like I have entered a new world. Sebastian is 11 and I can truly say I haven't a clue what is going on in his brain. The other night we were driving home from church with 5 boys all age 11 or 12. The conversations ranged from what guns were owned by each boy and who had fired which of the said guns they owned, to the "best" noises each boy could make with certain body parts. Now I have never been an 11 year old boy but I have been an 11 year old girl. I would never have guessed the conversations the boys were having while we were talking about them.
I felt so out of touch with my son. I have tried so hard to be prepared for him to start pulling away. I have read "Bringing up boys" and "Wild at heart" and yet I feel lost in trying to connect with my son. He doesn't seem to want to connect right now. I suppose it will work itself out. I just pray that I have done enough to prepare him for this strange new world he is entering.
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Echo, your post makes my heart ache a bit. It is so weird/hard/bittersweet to see the growing up and away thing. I do think it is different with girls but still can feel the changes starting. Sometimes I think that I am going to loose touch with Anika and have to remind myself that I am closer to my mom and dad today than I ever thought I would be. Even though the teen years were hard and strange with them, now, as an adult, they are two of my closest friends. I think about this a lot when I feel Ani slipping away a bit.
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