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Jump
Originally uploaded by K.C. Belle.

My best fried turns 4 today.
Her 4th trip around the sun has been full of changes. She has started school, became a big sister, and has become a walking, talking, understandable person. Not that she wasn't before, but she has gone from being this adorable little lump of a baby to a walking uber destructor toddler to an amazing preschooler. She is bright, funny, beautiful, and anal retentive. She has more nuances than most dead languages, but her joy and love make it bearable.
This little girl has changed the world in these 4 years. She has taught me to be a better person, and to strive to keep it up. She taught her father that there is more to life than what he thought. She has taught her Auntie and Uncle that kids are pretty resilient. She has taught her Grammy and Tony that kids really are fun. She has taught her Grandma how to shop, and her Grandpa how to read. She has taught her Grampy and Grandmary a patience that they didn't know they needed. She has taught Nora that standing up is the safest way to be when they are playing together. She has done all this not on purpose, but with purpose, and I hope the lessons she has for us never end.
This morning when she woke up the first thing she said to me was, "Am I 4?"
unbelievably, she is.