My son was all smiles and curiosity at that age. Emilia is all smiles...and grins...and glares. I'm not sure if it's a girl thing, or if she inherited a particular gene from my mom, but she pulls off "malevolent" and "sassy" like she's an evil Disney Queen.
Don't get me wrong, she just as easily can be a complete Disney Princess with her endlessly deep eyes and genuine giggle. She's just so different from what I was used to for the three years before she arrived. To some degree, her and her brother are polar opposiblings.
Darc is optimistic and social, spending most of his days in varying degrees of happiness. But with Milly, it's a roller coaster of temperaments that range from pensive and peaceful to short-tempered and irritable. And me trying to understand her emotional nuances conjures up the image of a confused gorilla trying to tell time with a mood ring. Not only does the gorilla not grasp the concept of time, but even if he did he wouldn't be able to tell time using a mood ring. At the end of the day, I'm wired more like my son, and in our analogy we're just two monkeys eating bananas.
Darc is optimistic and social, spending most of his days in varying degrees of happiness. But with Milly, it's a roller coaster of temperaments that range from pensive and peaceful to short-tempered and irritable. And me trying to understand her emotional nuances conjures up the image of a confused gorilla trying to tell time with a mood ring. Not only does the gorilla not grasp the concept of time, but even if he did he wouldn't be able to tell time using a mood ring. At the end of the day, I'm wired more like my son, and in our analogy we're just two monkeys eating bananas.
It doesn't mean I stop trying though. If anything, I think she's made me to try harder. Because of her, I'm more sensitive and attentive - two things I should have been better at anyway because I was already a dad and a husband before meeting her. In that respect, she's made me a better person.
I just hope I can do the same for her. At the very least, I want to show her how a loving husband is supposed to treat his Queen, and a supportive father his Princess. And, in this analogy, Darc is the jester. Just kidding, he's the handsome monkey Prince, my son.
I just hope I can do the same for her. At the very least, I want to show her how a loving husband is supposed to treat his Queen, and a supportive father his Princess. And, in this analogy, Darc is the jester. Just kidding, he's the handsome monkey Prince, my son.
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