Crikey! Katherine went to her age 9 annual check-up this afternoon — and came home with a brochure, “From Girl to Woman.” Which, I will note, she is reading avidly, even (her words) the “icky stuff.”<\/p>\n
And, yes, I know that’s a good and proper and age-appropriate thing, and, in fact, something I’d been wondering about and meaning to talk with Margie regarding … but it’s still a “GAH!” moment, as a dad, from the whole, “MY LITTLE GIRL!!!!”<\/em> perspective.<\/p>\n
(As a side note, she is Nearly Perfect in Health, and at 75th Percentile in both Height and Weight.)<\/p>\n
She has now given me fair warning that she is likely to be “moody.” I’m doomed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"