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This is my baby.

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She’s only six years old and pint-sized, but every SINGLE thing about this photo reflects the sheer ENORMOUS force of our Violet’s personality.  She has all the sass and confidence of a 25-year-old – I don’t ever recall being as sure as this one. As someone who took an AWFUL long time to find her own ‘mojo’, I just revel in her certainty.

Mind you, being her parent is not all beer and skittles.  You should try being me, looking to head out the the door to a meeting – she will not have a BAR of it.  Tears, imploring ‘don’t go’ face, EVERY SINGLE TIME.   I do a LOT of meetings and you would think that after YEARS of them she would relent… but no. Darned near kills me. *sigh*

One always-redeeming feature about Violet is her complete inability to lie.  Oh she tries one on me every now and she has a pretty good innate sense of right and wrong.  Not to mention that her ‘tell’ (when she tries to fib) is as big as the Atlantic.  And no, I won’t share it here. She might read this one day, and I want to have THIS ONE THING over her when she’s giving me grief in ten years time.

I love you darlin’ girl.  And I look forward to watching you crack your whip around the countryside – both literally and metaphorically – forever and ever. Amen.

Your Mum

(BB to the rest of you!)

10 Comments

  • Lynda M O

    She looks like there’s nothing that could stop her, BB. You’ve done a great job with her and Dash, you and their Dad too, ought to be bustin’ with pride. I look forward to watching her grow taller.

  • Kelly

    I’ve never met her, but you know what?… I can get a good idea of what she’s like from this photo. I love it!!

    My oldest could never lie when confronted. In fact, she often would come in (even as a teen) and ADMIT her crimes! There were times I really didn’t want to know!

    I think you have your hands full – and I mean that in a very GOOD sense! 🙂

  • Mrs Catch

    This made me laugh. I wouldn’t want to mess with her. She means business with that whip. I can see her as an adult, running a big multi-national company. Or as PM. She’s gorgeous.

  • Mary Paddock

    BB–the intensity made me gasp a little. She is so focused, so determined. No one will ever fool her and heaven help the one who tries. And Not being able to lie well is a beautiful quality in a woman or man.

  • debby

    Let me tell you, BB. I have a daughter who is forceful and strong willed, and the thing is, I’d much have her be that way than not. Mind you, it can be a challenge to raise a kid like that, but it is even more challenging to raise a kid who’s NOT like that. You go Violet. I had one child that I could always tell when she was telling me a lie. She began it with, “I swear…” You knew right then…

  • Jayne

    LOL
    That is one lass who has the world by the horns and is going to give it a good shaking up when she gets going…the world just doesn’t know it yet LOL.

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