My last post for this year is a bit of an extra. My 52 photos finished just after Christmas but I couldn't resist one more to see the year out.
I can't believe the change in Molly over the last year. She is a real little person now. She talks and has full command over her body (although she still gets a little clumsy when tired). This time last year she was only freshly walking and saying just a few words. She has a huge vocabulary now. I have to be honest and say that my first year with Molly was a real struggle for me. I'm not a fan of babies - they are strange creatures to me who are very hard to please. If I couldn't cope with a baby I wondered how I would ever cope with a toddler or a child or a teenager. But I'm happy, and really quite proud, to say that as Molly grows up I learn more and more about her and I love what I'm discovering. She has the best of Geoff and me. She is very bright. This thrills me and fills me with dread at the same time. I feel great pressure to nurture her intelligence but to temper her smarts with compassion and a sense of humanity. I want her to be brilliant, inventive and resourceful but also kind, compassionate and humane. Of course I have grand visions of her vocation in life but really what it all boils down to is I want her to be confident in her skin and useful and kind to others.
I wonder what 2016 will bring us?
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