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Sometimes All It Takes Is a Desk (and a Solar System)

It’s the little things that often remind me of how quickly the girls are growing up.  The most recent examples of this phenomenon occurred with Sophie over the holiday break, and involve a new desk and a solar system.   Who’d have guessed that these two random things – a surface on which to write and a bunch of painted spheres – would make me feel incredibly happy to be Sophie’s mom, yet bittersweet about the little girl in her ceding space to the big girl increasingly asserting her individuality?

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In the Spirit of Thanksgiving…

Another Thanksgiving holiday has come and gone.  This year, we enjoyed the weekend’s festivities in the presence of some new additions, including our baby cousins Scarlet and Nathaniel, and puppies Truffle and Thora (Thora lives in Ithaca with my aunt, uncle and Temba the Tibetan spaniel, who was none too happy about Truffle’s and Thora’s blossoming friendship).  And although we missed not having cousins Seth, Liz, David, Elias and Felix around the table with us, the Jetsons-like wizardry that is Skype allowed us to see and talk to them in real time from Iraq and California so that their absence wasn’t as acutely felt.

The weekend passed by in a haze of food, laughter and dogs running around our house.  We made our annual trek to the movies to see The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.  Frozen is on tap for this afternoon.

Of course, we couldn’t start eating our feast without someone suggesting we all share what we were thankful for this year.  After the inevitable groans and eye-rolling, we got down to business. My list is a long one, with Chief Mom Officer sitting at the very top. No surprise there.  It’s been an incredible year – one that I will cherish for the rest of my life (or until I can’t remember it anymore).

Everyone else shared their thanks – some funny, some serious, but all heartfelt.  And then Sophie, being Sophie, announced in her compassionate 8-year old voice:  “I’m thankful for home, family and friends and all the other things that are important to have in your life, because many people don’t have all those things.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself, my sweet one.  Happy Thanksgiving to all.

That Was Then, This Is Now

Pardon me for feeling a bit nostalgic today. It’s my 39th birthday. With only one more year to go before the big 40, I’ve been thinking about my youth a little more than usual. Spending a lot of time with Chloe and Sophie over the last few months has also caused increased reminiscing on my part, to be sure.

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