Comments | prof_fran: Nine

prof_fran

Nine

Jul 18, 2010 14:08

My daughter is 9 today ( Read more... )

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irilyth July 18 2010, 22:23:53 UTC

Yay! I'm looking forward to spending more time with her in a few weeks. :^)

adfamiliares July 18 2010, 22:59:39 UTC

Wow, nine! Congratulations on raising such a cool daughter so far.

grr_plus1 July 20 2010, 23:49:45 UTC

Congrats!

But I have one curious question... what is a pcousin? Paternal? Psuedo? Play?

prof_fran July 21 2010, 02:19:03 UTC

pcousin=pseudo-cousin. The "p" is silent as in pthisis, psychic, and ptarmigan. The pcousins in question are the daughters of a college friend so close as to be family. So hard to have words that mean kith that are as kin.

Thanks for the congrats. She's a great kid. IMHO.

kairon_gnothi July 21 2010, 18:42:02 UTC

Heh. What you describe is what Bh and I call 'kith', for lack of better word. I kind of like your pword, though.

kairon_gnothi July 21 2010, 18:35:15 UTC

It is freakish and depressing to think that I don't think I've met her. Where the hell did the last decade go? It's not like you're that far away!

By the way, Wolf @ 14 is still in limbo-land between 'I am a grownup' and 'I am a little girl'. Enjoy the duality while it lasts!

prof_fran July 21 2010, 23:26:43 UTC

You likely met her when she was new but probably haven't seen her since she was 3 when we left Boston. And she's changed some since then.

But your kids are still little! Wolf cannot be 14 because that would make Jazz 16 (?). And Jazz is still so little he can be held on my hip...('spect not).

I'm so relieved to hear that there will be still moments of little-ness even at 14. I see some girls that age and wonder if they were ever little or whether 14 is the new 18.

Sorry we don't see you more often. We're rather reluctant travelers, esp. since E. works on Saturdays so there's no weekend. I enjoy reading about you all though.