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Tuesday, March 15, 2005

A writer's milestone

Not a day goes by that our children don't do something that causes us to stop dead in our tracks and realize that right under our noses, things have changed forever.

Today's news: seven-year-old Dahlia started learning cursive, or script. As usual, it got me thinking about how moving beyond block-letter printing represents another step on her long road to adulthood. It also got me thinking how I wanted to mark the date in some small way, so here it is.

The earth didn't move and the skies above our house didn't open up when she carefully wrote her name in pink so that I'd see, for the first time, what her real handwriting looks like. But it was nonetheless important to us. This time thing continues to march in only one direction. I hope I'm doing a good enough job making notes along the way.

And if I'm not, another member of the family can now take over in case my writing hand gets tired.
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11 comments:

  1. Cylithria Dubois6:51 PM, March 15, 2005

    Awwww she did a beautiful job and already shows a flair unique to her!!!

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  2. Photominer8:19 PM, March 15, 2005

    Very good! I've had to regress back to printing due to my illegible writing skills. Good thing computers came along and I can type (badly and with many mistakes). :-)

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  3. Rhodent8:46 PM, March 15, 2005

    Awww...I think she is doing very well!

    By the way, Oatmeal with brown sugar and milk is the only way to go!

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  4. Anonymous11:43 PM, March 15, 2005

    It is so amazing how important the "little things" are in the life of a child. This is one of them. It brings back memories of lined paper and how we did the same thing as well.

    Add this to the story of the Tie to your memoirs.

    peace
    jeremy

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  5. Anonymous11:59 PM, March 15, 2005

    Wow! Thanks for sharing the *special* things in life. : )

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  6. Thumper12:10 AM, March 16, 2005

    Wow...your daughter already has better handwriting than I've got...! Definitely hang onto that. I look back and there are so many things I wish I'd kept; my solace is that I did keep some really terrific Embarrass-the-Boy photos :)

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  7. Ms Mac1:31 AM, March 16, 2005

    Ahh, cursive or "joined-up-writing" as we call it in our house!

    Wait until she asks for help on long division homework- if you're anything like me you'll be useless!

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  8. Sharon6:44 AM, March 16, 2005

    She is writing beautifully already.

    I would frame this and hang it on the wall somewhere prominent. Later when she is much older, this handwriting sample will be among one of your most cherished possessions. Trust me.

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  9. Jill9:08 AM, March 16, 2005

    Very, very sweet. jk

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  10. Anonymous3:26 PM, March 16, 2005

    Wow - I'm impressed! She has a beautiful handwriting already!

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  11. Christine1:16 AM, March 17, 2005

    Every time they do something new it's a milestone. They come in all shapes and sizes.

    She has a beautiful signature!!

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