September 30, 2011
Happy birthday, sweet girl! Sometimes I try to imagine the you that you will be when you read these letters. Will you be twelve, knowing everything and roll your eyes at my emotion? Will you be seventeen and try to use my loving words here to convince me to buy you a car? Or will [...]
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September 29, 2011
“It’s your last day of being one, ” I teased her. “Tomorrow you’ll be TWO!” “TWO! Tomorrow Chessa happy birfday!” she answered back, eyes gleaming. I kept dressing her. Pants go on like this, shirt over your head, give me your arms… And then, she looked up at me and said, “Chessa still young, Mommy.” [...]
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