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[rivka]

I should probably say that I have nothing against the nanny I mentioned in my previous post, who seems to be very qualified. I have no problem with the kind of worldview shorthand she used - it's an efficient way of sorting out people who are going to be a good fit. The person who wrote saying that she loves how little kids are "creative, unselfconscious, and uninhibited" was doing the exact same thing from the other end of the spectrum.

I was just amused that my first thought was "Oh no, wholesome family values aren't what we want at all." And I knew you guys would understand.

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Tomorrow is Alex's birthday, and she's crazy excited. She wanted to go to bed right after school so her birthday would come sooner, but we persuaded her to stay up for dinner, playtime, and bath. By bedtime she was bouncing off the walls.

So as I left her room I said, "Remember, the quieter you are the faster your birthday will come."

And heard her say behind me, "The quieter I am, the faster the earth will spin."

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[eeyore-grrl.livejournal.com]

heeeeeee!

:)

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

"The quieter I am, the faster the earth will spin."

This evokes some poetry for me, but I don't know if it's TS Eliot ("the still point of the turning world"), or Yeats "things fall apart, the centre cannot hold") or some Madeleine L'Engle sonnet, or something that just needs to be written.

What a privilege it's been to hear about the first four years of Alex.

[cantkeepsilent.livejournal.com]

http://www.xkcd.com/162/

And it is funny how rhetoric has tarnished the value of good things. I wonder if someday we'll be turning down clean water or crispy bacon because someone has inverted the meaning of those words.

[kiya]

That was what I thought of too.

[melebeth]

You know, every time I get terrified about parenting on my own, you post something about Alex that makes me think "But how could I give up on the chance of that."

Thank you...

I think :)

[wcg.livejournal.com]

She's being very quiet! The speed is up over 1000 miles per hour.

[rickvs.livejournal.com]

> "The quieter I am, the faster the earth will spin."

"...especially if I can quietly but fiercely counterspin while in physical contact with the planet."

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

"The quieter I am, the faster the earth will spin."

Oooooh, your kid is Chuthlu!

[ailbhe]

Oh, god.

I think I just had a religious experience about a child I've never met.

THAT IS WHY I WANT A ZILLION KIDS. THINGS LIKE THAT.