Comments on: Weekend Kat Blogging: She’s Getting To Be a Big Girl

By: Roxanne

Roxanne — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:11:12 +0000

Kat’s going to be an artist of some sort. I just bet you anything.

When I was a very young child–7 or 8 years old, I remember drawing a picture of a tree in art class. It was an odd looking tree, but I remember trying to draw how that tree felt, not just how it looked (it was a great big maple that sat in our front yard), because I used to sit in that tree for hours.

The teacher didn’t like it. I remember getting a frownie face on my picture. When I came home in tears, my mother stormed down to school and confronted that teacher. “Have you ever sat in a tree? Felt the bark beneath your fingertips? Observed how the sunlight hit the leaves and filtered through the branches? Well Roxanne has, and that’s what she was drawing! Leave well enough alone!”

Mom’s still my hero for that

By: Elaine at Lipstickdaily

Elaine at Lipstickdaily — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:59:07 +0000

Love the bird dance!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:42:15 +0000

It’s nice to see that even with an age difference the girls are close. That is such a cute story. Thank’s for the update.

By: Lexica

Lexica — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:12:07 +0000

Have you come across the book The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron? I haven't read it (not having kids), but her book The Highly Sensitive Person: How To Thrive When The World Overwhelms You has been very helpful for me. Question #1 on the "Is your child sensitive?" questionnaire is "T/F: My child startles easily."

By: wwjudith

wwjudith — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:26:32 +0000

I have both a son and a nephew that are passively stubborn– I think it’s a genetic personality trait since they also have the same body habitus.

Nice to hear about her