Dear Adalyn
October 8, 2015 Dear Adalyn, You turn three years old today. Three years old. Your fingers work so hard to form the 3 that you proudly hold up to anyone who asks. I could say the same exact thing every year to you. I will want to say the same exact thing to you every year. What you looked like when you were born, how you felt balled up into the baby smell that is a newborn, those early days when we started our world as Mom and Dad. How everyone knew you as Sparkle; how you had a one-eyed-pirate-smile from those beginning weeks, with crossed legs and a fuzzy head. Now, you are three. You are busy, sometimes with intent focus; most times with the attention span of a gnat. You are a singer, and what you lack in talent, you sure make up with enthusiasm and sheer volume. You are independent, from potty-time to wardrobe changes to opening a juice box ‘all myself!’ You are playful, chasing the bad guys with Shang and Mulan, doctoring the splinter i...