A Night Out--Bar Mitzvah

Yami and I had a sitter last night so that we could go celebrate our friend's son's Bar Mitzvah.  And in just a few weeks, Emet and I will fly to Chicago to celebrate with his cousin for his Bar Mitzvah.  All these Bar Mitzvahs are making me realize that on the conveyor belt of life, I am no longer the Bar Mitzvah friend and instead have moved down the belt to being the parent of kids whose own Bar Mitzvahs are not so far away.  How did that happen?  For so long, I had an identity of "teen" or "college student" or "law student" or "new mother" and now well, the conveyor belt has kept moving.  Now, although I certainly feel that I have an identity outside of motherhood, I can see the identities of "mom of teens" "mom of college students" and even eventually "grandma" and I realize how fast this all goes....... My promise to my self is to keep it meaningful, to do good, and to have fun.......