smart

Peggy’s Prompt—“smart” Jan. 26, 2010 (Daisy’s 2nd month birthday)

Sweet little Daisy. Will she be smart? Will she be beautiful? Probably both, given her parentage. Does it matter? Some would say it shouldn’t, and it probably won’t affect how much she is loved, but we all know that smart, beautiful people have an edge in this world. And we want the best/the most for our Daisy Leona.

A flower and a lioness. She’ll be a handful, I predict. Little Miss Daisy, rolling her tongue and smiling, and, of course, crying. She’s teaching her parents how to avoid the all-out wailing by giving them little warm-up fusses and cries, so that they’ll rush to do something, anything to avoid the all-out wailing. Not that they can’t stand the wailing, they can if they have to, but they don’t want Little Miss Daisy to be unhappy or uncomfortable.

It is such a miracle to see life beginning again, so innocent, so helpless, so appealing, so promising. And such a blessing to have lived to see this generation arrive, guaranteeing some sort of immortality, at least of the species. I hope she’s a smart girl.