Dedicated to my daughter with L.O.V.E.
May you come to understand your past and discover your future.
-Mommy

Monday, April 25, 2011

In Training

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Dear Emma,

As your 8th birthday approaches, I am reminded that my baby is a baby no more. You are blossoming into a young lady. It's evident. You're taller, you've gained an enormous amount of independence, you're facing the hard lesson of learning that there is a difference between leadership and dictatorship, and today, today you wore a bra to school.

When I picked you up from your after-school program, you talked about it, and I smiled. I smiled because you came to the conclusion that your new bra had to make an adjustment to your active lifestyle. The straps did not blend well with running and jumping and climbing. I assured you that, because your new bra really is adjustable, it'd be a quick fix. And tonight, when you were getting ready for bed, you came to me for your first lesson in new bra removal. What fun we will have when you get a new bra that actually has a hook and eyelet closure! I'm realizing that you are growing faster than I am adjusting, that some adjustments need to be made to our relationship, that you are not a baby to be babied, but a great big old girl to be guided into womanhood. Like your new bra, I can quickly adjust to that.

Love,
Mommy

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Starting Anew

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Dear Emma,

Its a brand new year! Welcome to 2011 baby. You were about as half excited on New Year's morning as you were on Christmas morning. And just a little confused about how much newness 2011 brought with it. Did a return from winter vacation mean saying hello to 3rd grade? I explain that wasn't the case. I guess those two weeks were extra long and well enjoyed.

You have been such a trooper, my little sidekick, my one and only true love. I am looking forward to being front and center to all you do in these next 12 months. And just think, in the next 6 months you'll be turning 8 years old. The race is on to see just how long you'll be mama's baby. Something tells me forever and always.

Love,
Mommy
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