Photography | Lessons from my daughter

Look at this!!!!

I’ve been blogging for 2 years and this is my 210th post!!! My blog has had 32,363 hits (or views) from 93 countries!!!

I still don’t know if in the big picture this is good but in my book… I rocked the blogging thing!!!

Yeah me!!!

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Back to the blogging…

This is a post Emily has been begging me to write for the last hour or so….

She will not stop asking so I am going to write.

This is how she uses her determination to get her way… When she starts asking, unless I feel strongly that it’s a “no”, I normally end-up saying yes. When it’s a solid no, she accepts it. When I say later or give me an hour or any other words that are not “no”, she becomes a really determine young lady.

That’s my girl!

Today, she wants me to tell you all that when we were in Disney, Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pooh, Tigger, Pigglet and Eeyore all recognized her when we shared a meal with them. 7 years later.. she asked every single one of them if they remembered her and they all shook their head agreeing. Some showed us with their hands that she had grown so tall, they all with their hands or paws told her she was pretty. They all showed her they were happy to see her.

But the one guy, Emily couldn’t wait to see again was PeterPan.

We saw him in parades

We saw him in a play

And we saw him in the electric parade

This is during this last parade that Emily felt Peter Pan recognized her.

She felt him look at her and recognized her.

From 7 years ago.

This is the magic of Disney!

When the doctor told us we were having a girl, Jonathan asked what were the probabilities that he (the doctor) was wrong?

Little did he (Jonathan) know that a father’s love for his daughter can’t be measured.

He had no idea what was coming his way.

More than 17 years later, the bond Jonathan and Emily share is unbreakable. Regardless of Emily’s struggles or maybe thanks to Emily’s struggles, the love between them as flourished and continues to grow.

It has grown enough that Jonathan is comfortable being at an American Girl Store with his 16 year old daughter, looking at dolls and picking out outfits.

If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know that Emily loves American Girl dolls. Before this latest trip, she was the proud owner of 13 dolls. Some we bought, some she bought, some were bought for her from other family members… She has quite a collection of dolls, clothing and accessories.

On May 4th, when we landed in Orlando, Emily knew that the plan was to check into our hotel than get a cab and find our way to the American girl store.