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| Three weeks old and smiling! |
I could lament about where the time has gone or how eight seems a little too close to 10, and to tween, and to boy crushes rather than Lalaloopsy dolls.
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| Eight months |
I could talk about Anna's spunk; her love of reading; her creativity; her knack for quickly problem-solving, her love for her little brother; her artistic ability.
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| 1 year |
And yes, I could note the way she tends to follow her parents' path in the area of athletic ability (I wish I could say that was a good thing), her mom's tendency to be melodramatic, about her fiestiness (read: temper) at times.
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| Age 2 or 3 |
The more Anna grows the more I realize she is everything like her parents and nothing like us. Some days, I feel as if she's the standout in the family.
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| 3 years |
What I mean is, she's not quite like the rest of us. She's a little louder, has a bit more of a spark, is a little less laid back, is more bold, more take-charge.
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| First day of kindergarten, age 5 |
Then I realize that is just how I was as a kid: the one who had the personality a bit different than the rest of the family. I was the oversensitive one, the melancholy one, the dreamy one up in my room for hours, the one that everyone didn't always quite "get."
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And thanks to Anna, now I better understand the way we can still completely love a person without completely understanding them.
A parent's love isn't just about loving someone who is just like us. Isn't that the way God loves us? Firstly and freely. Without conditions. Loving Anna helps me to remember that I too was, truly, loved unequivocally all along.
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| May 2012 |
Thank you for the reminder, Anna. Happy Birthday, sweet girl.
3 comments:
OMG she is sooo gorgeous
Happy birthday Anna
What did you mean when you said - that she is like her parents and nothing like us - Is she adopted
( you dont have to answer that)
Hi there! Oh, I just meant that in some ways we are very much alike and in other ways completely different. :)
That awesome Anna! Happy belated birthday, sweet girl! Wow, has she grown. I love the pictures of her from babyhood till now. May the Lalaloopsies live for many, many more years before the boy crushes!
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