Yesterday the decision was made that Little Bug would never wear his big braces again. Sure, he'll eventually have small inserts, but those braces that were casually thrown on our couch a couple days ago will never be placed on his feet again. This morning I put normal shoes (in his actual shoe size) and socks on his feet, and he walked out the door like any other kid in the world.
So normal.
It was weird.
Is it wrong of me to want some sort of way to mark this moment? Is it weird I have this urge to throw a party or burn the braces in some celebratory bonfire while people dance around and chant or enshrine them in some glass case with a little plaque?
It just seems so anticlimactic to pick the braces up from the couch and store them away forever like that HUGE part of our lives was just a discarded toy nobody wants to play with anymore. As much as I would like to donate them, I'm not sure I can part with them, either.
Those braces have defined so much of who Little Bug was as a child and who I was as a mother and who we were as a family. They have been a blessing and a curse and essential to the last 1.5 years of our lives.
Am I being dramatic, sure, but the fact is, I'm just a little overwhelmed by how quick and unexpected this all happened. Even good changes still require a little processing time....
...and perhaps a bonfire chanting session.
You have every right to be dramatic (which I don't think you are being) - what a huge milestone. Huge. I'm so happy for all of you.
ReplyDeleteAnd...I've always been intrigued by the burning man festival. If you would like to have a bonfire party, I promise to be the most enthusiastic chanter.
That is huge. HUGE! I definitely think you need to mark the occasion with a ritual of some sort. I am so proud of Little Bug!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, such a big change. It's not dramatic to want to mark such a HUGE milestone in Little Bug's life. I wouldn't want to part with them either - he may want to see those later in his life and you can tell him how hard he worked.
ReplyDeleteOh, you definitely should mark the occasion! Definitely.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!!
ReplyDeleteThough just not wearing them one day seems pretty anti-climatic. There needs to be a graduation ceremony or something.
Such wonderful news!!! I would want to keep the braces also. I don't see anything wrong with putting them in a glass case!
ReplyDeleteI'm so stinkin' proud of him (and you and appa too)! It WAS a huge part of your life...totally normal to want to 'hang on it' in some way.
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