Sigh....

I know it is inevitable, but did it have to happen so soon?

Sam is slowly but surely becoming embarrassed to be seen with me. It started with him not wanting to be kissed at school, then it progressed to him wanting to walk home from the bus stop alone (despite the fact that his brothers and I were also walking home from the bus stop), now he gives me just the slightest shift of eye so that I know he sees me when we are at school. The body language clearly tells me to keep my distance.

Just because I know it's developmentally appropriate doesn't mean it doesn't sting.