Tag: girl child
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grown
I’m writing these words for someone who may never see them. Our firstborn turned eighteen today. A legal adult. Technically free to leave and go about her business. She’s got one toe out the door. What she’s doing after graduation in 8 weeks is not quite decided – she may be going away to college…
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fifteen
Huh. Seems I didn’t write a post for the Girl Child’s 14th birthday last year. She turned 14 anyway, and now here we are at 15. Already. Which also means that I have been a mom for 15 years. Those baby days are so far behind me, it’s hard to recall what they were like.…
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thirteen
The Girl Child turned into a teenager today. Holy crap. She is getting to the age that I can remember being (not being like Lefty, who can probably remember things from the womb). Like her, I can remember planning out wardrobe pieces, though I didn’t have the interweb to assist me. Specifically, a burgundy corduroy…
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girl child
12 years ago today, at 8:20 in the morning after 8 hours of labor, out came the girl child. She had a ton of hair the nurses coiffed tall and high so they could show her off. Named after a sassy 60’s star and her grandmother, she has been the bane and joy of my…
foible and folly 