Pride

I had a hard time figuring out what to do with today's challenge of "pride." I started thinking of how three of the four states I have lived in have now approved gay marriage. I didn't have a good idea of a picture I could take to go with it. I could have taken a picture of one of our rainbow flags we have left over from a gay pride parade a couple years ago, but it didn't feel inspired to me. It just felt too staged. Later in the day, I was attempting at redecorating our dining room table. I am overall happy with the end result, and I felt pretty proud of finally getting it (almost) done. Since it isn't quite done, I didn't want to use that as my photo either. Three opportunities came up later in the evening for me. The first was at dinner: A was making a creation with her dough while we waited for a table. When she was done, she proudly showed it off to us.

The next two opportunities arose when we were getting ready for bed. While reading the bedtime story A noticed some of her sight words in her book. She very excitedly (and proudly) showed them to us. It was a very exciting moment!

The final moment was when S was pretending to tuck me in. She brought me a couple blankets and some stuffed animals. She was so proud that she got me tucked in! She would get a huge smile on her face, and then do it over again.