Monday, November 06, 2006

Appy

"Mom," she asked, "will you colour with me?"

It was 10 minutes till bed time and I had so many other things to do. I sighed to myself and thought about saying no. Thought about putting her off until tomorrow. Maya was tired and fussy. She needed me, her bottle and her blanky, in that order. I really didn't have time for colouring. Maya was bought off with a handful of Cheerios and Abby climbed into my lap with a notepad and a fist full of crayons.

"Mom, can you draw me?" And so I scribbled a stick figure Abby on the left side of the page. The right side of the page was her's and with great concentration...

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she wrote her own name. All by herself. I'm not going to lie to you, I was crying before she finished the Y.

My baby, so grown up. Her little head bent over the paper. Crayon grasped tightly in her hand. So focused on forming the letters. So very proud of herself when she was finished.

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