The day before we left for Seattle there was a party for neighborhood friends who are moving to Uganda. I was shocked by how tall were these little girls, all going into 4th grade, My Kid among them. We met when they were babies and our talk was about diapers and strollers and weaning and we were lucky to put 2 sentences together in an hour long playdate. Now the kids go off on their own and amuse themselves. One mom calls it the sweet spot. They’re still young enough to want to be seen with you but when they are with other kids watching them can be effortless for hours at a time.
My daughters childhood in Brooklyn flashes before my eyes.
Ssanyu and Mutessi were one of the first Mommy-Baby pairs I met when I started walking around and exploring our new neighborhood of Forte Greene, Brooklyn in May and June of 2001.
At the hotel in Seattle I awake at 3:00 am so sad that our friends are moving away. So sad that our babies have been vaporized into almost-tweens.