Tales
life is intriguing and lovely
june 2014
Terren noted to Mom this month that "I don't have to tell you what I want Santa to give me for Christmas cause he hears everything," as well as "It would be hard to be the first person born." What's the best way to explain evolution, God, and the Big Bang Theory?
Terren and Mom sat down on the big bean bag chair one day in the living room, and Terren says, "I love my life, mama." Mom could have died happy on June 14.
Terren graduates from Kindergarten and starts summer camp. She loves Kids for the Bay.
memorialize it before puberty
may 2014
So Terren and her parents never forget that Terren said the following:
"I love you too much."
"I love you infinity plus one hundred infinities."
"Stay with me forever."
"You are so sweet, mama, and you're so cute, mama…but really you're sweet."
"You're the best mama I've ever seen."
"I'll be sad, mama, when we're not near each other." Mom: "What do you mean? I'll always be near you" Terren: "I mean when I get big and we live far from each other." Mom (figuring she's probably thinking about the far distance of her grandparents: "You can always live near me, and if you want to live near me, we'll make that happen." Terren (with eyes wide open): "Really? Then you can live in one house, then may may and me can live next to you, and baba can live in the next house." Dad: "Why can't I live in the house with mama?"
she also competed in her 2nd triathlon, placing 4th amongst the 6 and under age group and was the fastest 5 year old