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TURNING ON A DIME

3/1/2014

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I was completely distracted by a new, young father and his infant daughter at church the other day.  I don’t imagine he heard a lot of the sermon as his little peanut  gazed at him adoringly , cooed, smiled, and  showed the first inklings of a laugh. I remembered with an ache when my own daughter, sitting next to me in the pew, was completely mesmerized by my face.

Somewhere about three quarters into the sermon, the baby girl’s first hint at a laugh turned into the first hint of a whimper, and before you could say Amen, a full-fledged cry.  She was passed to her mother, who quickly whisked her away through a side door.  My thoughts were again on my daughter beside me – now a teenager in every sense of the word.  Like the baby in the pew, her moods can change so quickly it’s a wonder we don’t all get whiplash.

I spoke to the young father after church, but did not tell him what I knew – that one day  in about 15 years,  his sweet little peanut would go from adoring looks to slamming doors and back again. These girls can turn on a dime.
 


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Mary link
3/1/2014 12:15:14 am

I knew you'd be fabulous at this! I'm looking forward to having another blog to read!

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Julie link
3/1/2014 12:20:35 am

Thanks, Mary! Hope I can keep at this. I'm already worried about writer's block and old age forgetfulness.

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Karen Keller
3/1/2014 03:11:50 am

Awesome! Sweet and funny. You're the perfect person to write. Looking forward to them all.

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Donna Smith link
3/1/2014 03:34:26 am

Hi, Julie! I'm helping out here at the March Slice of LIfe. When you post, please put your full unique url in your comment, so everyone can get to your specific post for that day. Yours for this one would be http://jwc123.weebly.com/1/post/2014/03/turning-on-a-dime.html
If you need more help in determining how to get the specific url, I have some tips on my first post that may help. http://mainelywrite.blogspot.com/2014/03/day-1-leaky-faucets-and-posting-unique.html
Loved your post. I was blessed to not have too rough a time with my daughter during those years, but I've seen it happen LOTS!

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