The day we talked about kissing.

I can just tell when the kids are wanting to talk about something.  The other day Hunter came home from school and I could tell he had things on his mind. I told Deke I was going to run to Target and just take him, he hopped into the front seat and as we pulled out of the gate he started talking.  "Hey mom, something weird happened today" he said and then proceeded to tell me that two kids from school who have been saying they are boyfriend and girlfriend kissed when they got off the bus today.  They are only ten like Hunter. I felt my breath stop momentarily.  "We believe in waiting until we are sixteen to date and then when you are sixteen you can kiss girls right mom?" So a discussion began.  We talked about the counsel from the prophet and why deke and I believe that it is important to wait until you are sixteen to date.  We talked about the stage of life he is in right now and the importance of waiting for things at the right time of life.  He had asked, "Mom when was the first time you kissed dad?" I shared the story with him as he sat there grinning.  We sat in the Target parking lot for forty five minutes and talked. I will remember this moment sitting there talking with him, looking at his big blue eyes and cute freckles and thinking how wonderful he is.  Such a good kid, he is so precious to me.  I was so glad he came to me to talk about his questions.  It also scared me to death to realize all that he is going to see around him and hear about at school.  Time is flying, it is going too fast. This whole conversation had caught me off guard and as we headed into Target I was stewing inside questioning, "Did I say the right things, did I explain it well enough, will he understand the importance?'  As I grabbed a cart he fell into step right next to me and hugged me from the side, "Thanks Mom" he said.  I melted.  Parenting.  Whoa.  It is so intimidating to me most of the time.  I hope that occasionally I get it right.