The "Other" Daughter

I guess it is about time I write a focused post on the younger daughter.  I read through the past posts and she is correct that it has a bit of an older daughter focus.  I am pretty certain from reading the posts that much of the reason is all the change in our lives that the older daughter has caused us this past year.

What she probably doesn't know is that so many of the posts to you could easily be about her.  I have always thought that she was so much more like you than me.  You share the same personality.  The same sense of humor.  The same shy sense of your beauty.  You both approach new situations with extreme caution and take real time to get comfortable with any kind of change in life.

I think it is really nice that you and the younger daughter have formed such a bond over the past few months.  I worried about you when the older daughter moved on to college, but I shouldn't have worried.  I should have known that the younger one would take care of you.  That she would be there for you and you would both find your way together.  It would just take time.

So you have found your groove so to speak.  Your routine.  You have your own little jokes and time that you share.  Your Monday TV schedule, your jokes about dinner (or her perception of a lack of dinner).  There are times when I am home I even feel like I am interrupting you guys.

We should be so proud of her.  She has made the same tough choices her sister made.  She is so smart.  So beautiful.  So funny.  She approaches everything so cautiously, but will a quiet confidence that she can do just about anything she puts her mind to doing.  She is organized, pragmatic and likes everything above the surface for her to see.  She is just like you.  Like you in so many ways.

Her whole life is in front of her and there is little she cannot accomplish.  She always puts the full effort into what she needs to get done and does it well.  She is so much different from her sister, but so much the same at the same time.  Just think about the time, effort and thought she put into that video.  Who else in our family could have pulled that off?  Only you and her.

So there you go younger daughter.  A post about you.  Or a post about your mom.  Either way, it is a post about someone I really love.  Someone who is so different from me that I am constantly intrigued at what you will do or say next.  Every moment with you will be so precious the next few years.  You will experience so much.  It is really "your time".  You may not get "all" of the love and devotion, but you will get more than your share.

And to you my lovely wife, you get to be there for every moment.  Creating a lifetime of amazing memories with your youngest child.  Creating yet another amazing young lady who is ready for the world ahead of her.

I love you more than anything in the world.