A friend once told me that having one child shows you the depth of love.
Have two children shows you the breadth of love.
And while I really do believe can know the depth and breadth of love without children or with only one, the statement resonates more and more as both Stella and Phoebe show us who they are as individuals, prompting (and yes, sometimes challenging) us to shift and grow and evolve as parents and as adults. It's fascinating to see what works with one child and what doesn't with the other. Parenting to their individuality is exhausting but also totally exciting. Dynamic. Ever-changing. Satisfying.
And then one of them will stun us with their beauty or slay us with their hambone smiles, and we're all reduced to giggles and hugs and all feels right in the world.
(And yes, I'm obsessed with little kids in stripes. It should be mandatory. Stripes, stripes and more stripes!)
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Hey, I remember that red striped shirt! I believe Cousin Hannah wore that many moons ago!
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