A sign of maturity

A SURE SIGN OF MATURITY - When your 14 year old doesn't pitch a fit, start an argument, or a debate about the effectiveness, but just simply uses the allergy nasal spray - without hesitation!!!!

This is a huge feat since a year or two ago the nasal spray was neglected and all of the above; fit pitching, arguing and debating, is what happened and instead of spray reaching those nostrils.
It seems a random act to notice but when you live with the worlds most determined (nice twist on stubborn) person, you notice these little things, and you welcome them.  Not because they are a "told you so" moment.  I'm truly not 100% sure that this kind of spray will ease his allergies.  You notice these moments because you are grateful for them.  When you are an over-nurturing/worrying mom, you appreciate the respite from worrying about your sons runny nose.  You are grateful for these little moments because you see that he is realizing he can take good care of himself.  And you are grateful you see a boy becoming a young man, and he is quite a wonderful, almost sensible, beautiful young man. 

Now the fact that you caught him, on your way home from the gym, walking to the bus stop with a granola bar breakfast behind him and a bag of Doritos ahead of him for lunch, you are also grateful that you can be there to nurture a little longer.  So home we went, added some protein to that breakfast, added some nutrients to that lunch, and drove him to the bus where he almost missed it because he and I had so much to say to each other.  I'm glad he is still my little boy in a few ways too.