06/16/2026
My son, my youngest, is officially taller than me a few weeks before his 14th birthday.
This phase of mothering is wild. It’s one thing when they grow so fast as littles but then when they grow into their bigger bodies and go through puberty and then surpass me, it’s a whole different level of mind blown.
For one, I was the tallest girl and taller than 85% of the boys in middle school so for my own son to now be taller than me as he graduates 8th grade, it’s bonkers
But also, the deeper visceral experience is that I grew this human in my body. I literally made his body with my own and now he has outgrown my physical body. It’s a part of mothering I had no idea would hit me so hard.
My baby boy is taller than me and will keep growing. This phase of mothering is wild ❤️🤯.