A Lesson in Love - Modeled By a 1-Year-Old

We were at Papa and Nana's house doing laundry. JJ had cracker's from her sacklunch from preschool. She was taunting Sarah saying, "Here you want one," and then eating it. I let this happen a few times and watched how Sarah handled it. She was getting confused, frustrated, and started to whimper.

I explained to JJ that if she was offering Sarah a cracker she, then, must give her one because it is mean to only offer and then not share. JJ started sharing some of her crackers. When there were only two crackers left, she once again offered and then this time slowly ate it in front of Sarah. It was basically evil. Sarah started crying.

I was quite angry but decided to just see if I could find any crackers to give Sarah. I gave her two crackers and almost instantly, with tears still in her eyes, she turned and handed JJ one of the two crackers.

Fun Moments

I've realized that my other posts have been real negatives. There is joy and laughter still in our home.


We had a dance party.

We showed The Sneeze: How Germs are Spread video to help them understand germs and now they sing the song and say good-bye to germs as they wash their hands. It's cute and funny.



I bought clothes with JJ and she actually wears them (the Hello Kitty shirt was a real winner).

We were talking about friends and JJ (4) turned to Sarah (almost 2) and said, "Sarah, you my best friend?" I can't remember what Sarah said in response but the realization that Sarah probably was JJ's only real friend right now showed a tender moment of reality for me.