I stepped out of the shower this evening to find my six year-old Sunshine face down in her bed sobbing, “Nobody likes me!” She wasn’t crying to anyone; she didn’t even know I was standing there. She was crying to herself, into her pillow. Painful flashbacks rattled me into motion.
After calming Sunshine down from sobs [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sunshine’
Six Going on Sixteen
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged growing up, help, Sunshine on August 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Heriones, anyone?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children's books, girls, heriones, heroes, Sunshine on August 9, 2006 | 5 Comments »
The other day, my 4 y.o. Sunshine said to me, “I want to be a boy.” (This, coming from a girl who refuses to wear anything but dresses- the frillier, the better- and won’t consider accepting a babysitter unless she is “pretty”.) “Why?” I ask her. “Because if I’m a boy, then [...]
