Spontaneous Bursting of the Heart

Grace said, "Mom, when I grow up, I want to be just like you because you're the perfect mom."

I thought my heart would burst right there and at the same time I felt sadness. Sadness, because one day she will realize her mom is not perfect. I'm not the see all/know all person she sees me as right now. I dread the day Grace realizes I'm just a human being that makes mistakes and and is still naive about so many things I should really know about by now.