Dress Ups

 I'm not sure how I got here. Several days ago I found this pile of dress up clothes on the floor outside the girls' bedrooms. They had been cleaning out their rooms and decided these were just taking up space. As I looked at that pile of dresses, one of which I sewed myself, I felt a twinge of sadness. We're already at no more dress ups? Truth be told, the princesses and fairies phase has been over for quite a while, with one of the girls being 10 1/2 and the other on the brink of teenagehood. Still, I'm surprised at my feelings about that pile. When I look at my daughters, part of me will always see these two little girls in their dress ups.