tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86929900978326971262012-02-16T04:36:13.526-08:00UndescribedTednoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692990097832697126.post-74256110594381607392008-07-28T20:19:00.000-07:002008-07-28T21:00:50.221-07:00Lila Wren, I can't think of anything that could keep your smiles and shouts of "Daddy! Daddy! Mouse Book! Peoples! and Boo Jenny!" from wiping the smile off my face and I thank you for it. Sometimes I think you're as happy to see me as I am to see you. Makes me feel pretty good inside.<div><div><br /></div><div>As I drive home, trying to shake off the day's work, I think about you, your sister and your Mom and the daily surprises that await me. Perhaps you can count to 15 this day because you've already figured out how to count to 9. Time with you is the best cure for anything that is trying to stay on my mind. 5 minutes and I've forgotten everything else. Makes me laugh to think about you walking around, like you did today, with your box of letter magnets grunting, "Heavy, heavy, open, PEASE!"</div><div><br /></div><div>Rosalie Pearl, we received news today that your body is taking care of your low hemoglobin levels. I can't tell you how happy that makes me. Not a day goes by where I don't stare off into space and spend a few minutes thinking about what it means to be truly and completely grateful. </div><div><br /></div><div>In your short life, you've already shown me what it means to be emotionally unraveled and then wound back together again. Each time I walk around the house with you and listen to your first sounds and watch your eyes dart back and forth as you take everything in, I'm reminded of how complete my life is and how close it was to not being so. Thank you for your strength and for being such a vivid reminder that sometimes something so small and fragile can be the strongest thing in your life.</div><div><br /></div><div>Love to both of you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Dad. </div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8692990097832697126-7425611059438160739?l=thewrenandthepearl.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Tednoreply@blogger.com2