Time went by in the blink of an eye. I know what you're going through. My oldest son is turning 17 in a month and a half; in a year and a half, he'll be gone and it seems like just yesterday that I was bringing him home from the hospital. Even though your son is that big now, he will always be your baby.

LOL
Yeah I had to do the same thing with my 14 yr old son. He had to shave for NJROTC. We spent an hour down the razor aisle to find the perfect razor. LOL. Then he wanted me to show him what to do - I laughed - I am lucky if I shave my legs..lol...oh yeah and the fact that I am a girl.
They do grow fast. Time has gone way to fast for me. I miss my little boy. :-)
Now I have a handsome young man.

You wish he will be around for a long time don't worry. My daughter moved out because she was 18 and could do what she wanted. She has been around more since she moved out. They move out and realize you were right. She is in school and working and needs things she can't afford. So she comes home asking instead of expecting. It is kind of nice for a change to see graditude. Life with your children does not always end at 18.

yup, reality slapped me in the face this summer as my daughter strted her monthly cycle :0 so I know how u feel.
Hugz
Morgaine

I look at my kids and feel the same. I have them 6 years apart and it helped alot, every year I said " I love them this age,this is a wonderful year"
My 12 year old son, for the last year ask me to stand up and see if he is taller than me, about 2 month ago he was so happy and proud and I still remember him a year old.
Can you imagine him teaching his own son to shave???

Ronit
http://www.behappyinlife.com/be_special_be_yourself_for_teenagers.php

Isn't is surreal?! I watch my 14 year old play and wrestle, and whine when he doesn't feel good. Yet, I see him shaving. The hair on his legs, and his height tell me he's a man. They are little boys temporarily trapped in men's bodies...

my 13 year old doesn't want a regular razor he wants a fancy one he saw on Tv that has his own charger and everything. I tried so hard but I actually cried when he turned 13. My husband and I tried for 7 years too get pregnant,we went through test after test,treatment after treatment finally on the last treatment the Lord blessed us and we became pregnant with him. I know some day he will want too go his own way and my heart will break. I read about parents who can't wait for their kids too grow up,I don't understand people like that. I want too be part of my kids lives always and I hope they will want too be part of mine too.I would go through a thousand tests and treatments all over again too have my boy,my little man.