The curse of raising two girls who you have encouraged to be verbally expressive is... well, they're verbally expressive.
The Sea has taken this to new heights. Lately, when i am trying to respond to her query or correcting her, she begins every sentence, "But daddy, you don't understand!" Part of me thinks that she has no idea why she uses that statement, but another part of me is fascinated by where she picked it up. Is it mine? Am i so blind to my verbal mannerisms that i say such a condescending thing to her?
Probably.
The Land is and has been since she could talk the pragmatic one. And while this bothers me because i wasted so much of my life looking at everything pragmatically, she often grounds me with it.
"Why are you using your upset voice? Are you angry? You seem angry"
And so on.
i never would have thought i'd learn so much from these little mirrors.
