Category My Daughter
A Few Thoughts on Handling the Unexpected…
This morning was the first day all week that Little A and I didn’t have an errand to run or something specific on the schedule. I told her about our lack of plans last night, and she immediately asked with a big, excited grin if we could go to a local indoor bouncy play area. […]
Well Said, Little A.!
I want to write this down somewhere before I forget. I also want to share this as encouragement that the good things our kids hear from us, really do sink in and can resurface at unexpected moments! After bringing L. to the door of school, A. and I sat and “played” in the car as […]
A Gentle Answer
As is usually the case, the verses V. read to us tonight as a family were very fitting for the week I’ve been having: “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.” These wise words come […]
I’m Thankful for…A Tantrum?
I love the trend on Facebook among some of my friends, to post one thing each day for which to be thankful as we approach Thanksgiving Day later this month. Gratefulness is something we actually need to practice, meaning that sometimes it will flow like honey, and sometimes we feel like we’re forcing something sharp […]
His Poem for Her Birthday
I hesitated to share this so publicly, but it’s just too beautiful to keep to ourselves. After dinner one evening last week, L. showed his Daddy and me a poem he had just written for his sister, as her birthday was approaching. As an only child, I’ve been fascinated by the dynamics between L. and […]
Birthdays
It’s been a whirlwind of a day, and I hope to have time later tonight to sort through all of it and have some deeper thoughts…for now, I do want to at least acknowledge the special day we are having here. My dear, beautiful mother and my sweet, gorgeous little girl both celebrate their birthday […]
Octoberfest
October is a festive month in our family: my father-in-law’s birthday is in the beginning of the month; my mother-in-law’s comes next towards the end, and my mom and my daughter share a birthday three days after my mother-in-law’s. Because we all live within two hours of each other, we’ve started celebrating all four of […]
Butterfly Estates
This morning, a good friend and I took our toddlers to the nearby Butterfly Estates. Both of us got a little turned around following our respective directions, which took us through rather urban areas of our city’s downtown. The white picket fences with butterflies painted on them reassured us we had reached our destination. We […]
“She’s Warming Up to Me…”
“She’s warming up to me,” said my husband, V., to me the other night, speaking of our nearly three-year-old daughter. Is this a strange thing for a father to say about his own little girl, for whose life he has been present since she entered the world? Strange, but I totally understood what he meant. Both […]
Running the Race 
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