Dear Scarlet
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Dear Scarlet,
Today you got a package from Grandmama, Peepa, and Uncle Booboo. They went to Disney World recently and picked you up some pretty sweet duds. Your day was made. -
Dear Scarlet,
Your dad went into work at 3am and isn’t getting home for another hour. We’ve been in floor-time playmode all day. Picnics, fort building, hot teas, staying in jammas, dance parties to Katy Perry videos, googling stuff for your hello kitty Halloween costume, braiding Diane’s hair… all that lazy Saturday afternoon stuff. Tomorrow we’re headed to Tulsa to stay with Val & Theo for a few days. Next week we’re going to Iowa for my high school reunion and you’ll get to see your grandparents and cousins. It’s been a lot of Scarlet and Mom time while dad is at work and appointments. As much as I love the time we spend as a family, one on one time with you is pretty top notch as well. -
Dear Scarlet,
It’s well over 100 degrees today. We had to figure out ways to stay occupied indoors. After art projects and playing doctor we decided to give each other makeovers. You look a little too “Toddlers and Tiaras” for my taste, but we still had fun. You told me today that my hair was “even more glowing yellow” than usual. -
Dear Scarlet,
We recently moved to a new house that is in a better school district than where we were living, you start preschool this week! Anyway, the new house has hardwood floors and a fenced in backyard with a hammock and porch swing. You have your very own loft bedroom which you have decided on the theme “Treehouse Science Museum,” you even have a pulley system with a bucket that our roommate Ashley built you as a toy elevator since you need both hands to climb up the ladder. You’re already growing so close to our roommates Bobby and Ashley, and our neighbor Brooke/Bunny. Tonight we put batteries in your turtle that glows stars on the ceiling and stargazed in your loft treehouse room while you ran around like a crazy person. You are surrounded by the most caring people, I couldn’t be happier about it. Today we also had orientation for your school and you got to meet your teacher and see your classroom. I teared up walking in and signed up for every possible parent volunteer opportunity. I can’t imagine what it will be like to leave you there alone later this week, even if it’s just mornings right now. I got a new job working at the tea cafe and we are settling into a new routine. Things are really great right now, even if money is kind of tight until I start getting regular paychecks and we pay all the deposits off. If all you need is love, then we are more than set. Way way more than you know, baby boo. 2012 has been the roughest. Hear this loud and clear, if you ever feel like giving up, keep going. Keep going even if it seems fruitless and irrelevant. Because someday, eventually, something’s gotta give. And it will. It really will. I’m eternally grateful to you for being my ultimate motivator, because I know I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you.
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Dear Scarlet,
Today was cold and boring, so we did an impromptu crazy-haired photoshoot in my room. There was this one picture in particular where you were pulling on your eyelids that I just fell in love with. It’s so typical Scarfish, I can’t get enough of it. It got me to thinking about how so many of my very favorite photos of you from over the years are of you just sitting against a wall, the main focus being your expressions and personality. You are truly one of a kind, kiddo. I hope that contagious light in your face never fades. - Mom
