August 30, 2006 - First of Many

Everyone knows about the relationship that girls develop with the phone. They spend HOURS on it, giggling and gabbing with their friends. On this summer day in 2006, Erin called one of her friends for what wound up being a rather lengthy (for 6-year-olds) conversation. She even hopped up on the counter and made herself comfortable for the long haul. I just remember looking at her up there, leg tucked up under her, thinking that this was no doubt the first of many such conversations. And I was right. Although these days, she usually talks on her cell phone, and rarely does she hold her conversations where I can see, let alone listen to, her doing it.