Patching Cracks

My daughter loves wearing dresses, jewelry, nail polish, and shoes of every style/shape/color. She loves to be surrounded by pink, frilly, sparkly, and loud things. New dresses are her idea of heaven. She will often come to me with some piece of jewelry she has been given or an outfit in order to explain why this is her favorite thing in the world. No amount of explaining seems to be adequate to help her understand that everything can’t be her favorite. That’s okay, because she is full of excitement and pride, which is more important than those sorts of details. Deep down, I love talking to he...