Time has a sneaky way of passing by and Erin, our youngest granddaughter, turned 20 today. I am truly torn about this. I miss the young, energetic, giggling, curious little girl of yore, but I really love the mature, kind woman she has become. I also take solace in the fact that she is still young, energetic, and curious -- and she can still giggle up a storm.
Erin is
Beautiful
Whip Smart
Caring
Determined
Talented
Ever Curious
A Lover of Animals (especially Good Boy Duncan)
Funny
One With a Smile That Could Light Up a City Block
One Who Definitely Does Not Like Onions
Friendly
Perhaps the most important thing about Erin is that she has a kind heart, the one quality above all that we tried to impart on our children; they, in turn, are doing it with our grandchildren.
Erin is now rounding her junior year in college, having clepped her freshman year while still in high school. She wants to become a veterinarian. She's make a good one.
She can also be a bit of spoiler. She should have been born on 02-02-02, if only because that would have been cute and easy to remember. She decided -- on purpose, I think -- to hold out until 02-03-02. We have forgiven her for this.
I look at Erin and wonder where the little girl who adored The Wonder Pets children's show. Then I realize that she's an adult now, still filled with wonder and awe. Still sweet and kind. Still determined and imaginative. Still the same little girl I loved. Still the wonderful person I still love.
Happy birthday, Sweetie.
So heartening to see a grandfather who knows his granddaughter well enough to post this.
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