That she reminds me of my children and grandchildren at whatever age you photograph her is a compliment and a request for more…. MORE!

The only regret I have about the photos of Everly is that I was not (am not!) personally there to experience them. You have no idea how badly I want to cuddle and spoil her.

Every photo you post of Everly reminds me of a similar one of each of my grandchildren. There is joy in re-living each of those moments as well as joy in it happening anew for you and N.

One of my daughters is now 11 weeks pregnant with her second child. While I treasure her toddler’s phone conversations, I also anticipate enjoying again the joy of cuddling a newborn.

Another daughter has a son entering kindergarten. While I have trouble understanding his fascination with “super-heroes” and “monsters” I truly enjoy his trying to explain such to me.

It would be accurate to say that I am a sucker for every stage of childhood… because I enjoy most their enthusiasm for each accomplishment and each thing learned.

In fact, just today I enjoyed my youngest daughter’s reminiscence of a particular “punishment” I put her through at age 16. That she remembers it 11 years later without guilt is awesome enough, but that she compliments me on my parental skills (even though undeserved) is even more awesome. Sometimes our “instincts” serve us well.

So… do not ever think you post too many photos of Everly. Also, do not ever think you post too much about your thoughts on child-raising. I reserve the right to disagree with you on occasion, but I also know that your right to raise your child as you see fit trumps my right to disagree.

And, note, I have no disagreements so far… I also think that whatever “mistakes” parents might make, if they are made with a loving adoration of the child, they will do little or no harm.

There is no ONE RIGHT WAY to raise a child.
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