Parenting
Unicorn Wishes BY AMANDA ODEN
36 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE August/September 2021
IN THE
Pines
MY OLDEST CHILD has a birthday coming up—a milestone, if you will. She is turning 5, half a decade, and I have turned into a weepy nostalgic mess anytime the subject is brought up, which is a lot, because Bowie is so excited to be a bonafide big kid that she won’t stop talking about it. The other day she used the phrase “when I was a child” while explaining something to her little brother and I got the giggles, which was followed by a quick bout of crying because how did she get so big, so fast? And just where did all that time go, anyway?
