Determination

Some days I believe it is someone's idea of a joke that I have a 3 year old with enough DETERMINATION to fill the bodies of several adults. She is smart -- she is stubborn-- she is verbal -- she never forgets anything -- and she knows exactly what she wants. She is quick to fly off the handle and slow to settle down. She will defy me. She will look me square in the eye and disagree with me. She knows her own mind and that is good and bad.

I hope her iron will serves her well in this lifetime. I have to remind myself over and over her personality isn't necessarily a bad thing even if it is exhausting and exasperating.

Because when I look deeply into those eyes I see myself staring back. A 40 pound version with a head full of ringlets but those eyes are mine -- and that determination --well, guess where she got that???