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by Ashley Weeks Cart
“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”
Sunny: Tonight she told me that she wished that she were a grown up (so that she wouldn’t be scared of things like ants and the noise her air conditioner makes) and my heart nearly split in two. I held her close and told her that it was okay to be scared and that being a kid was one of the greatest, most wonderful times of her life. I explained that watching her and her sister play on the Slip n’Slide that afternoon had reminded me of my own childhood and made me happy thinking about my life as a kid. I just want her to be a child as long as I possibly can – the world will try to take it from her far too early – my job is to keep it at bay and perserve this precious time. Even if it means indulging an ant-phobia.
Kaki: My adventurer. So brave one minute. So needy and snuggly the next. I don’t mind in the least.
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