7 and 11

When Brooke was born, I was a single young mom and life for many years took everything I had working full-time, managing our home, while the endless tasks of caring for and raising two little ones consumed every day life.

There is 4-1/2 years difference between my girls, which totaled seven years I did not sleep through the night, years of bottle and spoon-feeding, bath time and early bedtime routines. Being broke. 

I used to dream of the day when they would be seven and eleven. 

No idea why I chose those ages, but when they were babies, seven and eleven sounded like dreamy ages where my life would become a bit easier. 

Brooke is about to turn 16. 

Sixteen and twenty.

You have no idea how much I love the sound of those ages.