The Girl's Alright

Last night, after reading books, Julie asked Clara to tell her one thing about the day that hat made her happy, and Clara said, "Nobody hit me."  Now if that doesn't just crush your heart, Birdie Brigade, we don't know what does. One knows, of course, what a rough a tumble world it can be out there, especially in preschool, but still, there are moments that bring you up short. Julie asked Clara who hits her and learned it's the Frenemy Daphne.  FD also apparently tells Clara she's yucky, and while we could tell that big smelly stupid head a thing or two, instead, Julie told Clara that she loved her, and her tender little heart; and her creativity; how confident she is, always game for anything; and how she loves dazzle and sparkles and doing her hair up just like Mommy; and how she likes books, and just so many things and that Clara would always be in her heart.  And Clara said, "I love you, too, Mommy."  So that's alright, and that's what Our Birdie is.