Hope They Get the Best of You

When we have children everybody says “hey she looks so much like you,
or oh my, they look like twins.” Whatever, the outside is what
everyone sees and comments on. My mom used to always tell me that I
got the best of her and the best of my dad. I always thought that was
a nice way of looking at it and as an only child probably the fairest
statement. When I am with my girls I forget who they look like. What
stands out to me is what traits of mine or my husband’s I recognize
and of course what I can or can’t take credit for. So, of course and
this could just be a fantasy, I believe my girls have inherited the
traits I most envy in my husband. My husband has a great sense of
direction and a ridiculous ability to adapt and conquer any technology
he gets his hands on. If you turn me around on my own street I will
get lost and if you give me a calculator I will find a way to jam it
up. Both our daughters seem to know the right direction to travel in
whether walking or in the car. Even my three-year-old recognizes her
Grandma’s neighborhood and when we get reach Grand Street by car or
bus she tells me right away that we are on Grand Street. My favorite
is watching them on the computer, with their video games or even my
personal favorite, the DVR. I NEVER instructed them, nor can I really
help them most of the time and yet my seven year old can program all
her own shows on the DVR and replay them at will. My three-year-old
can find games on the computer that even her older sister cannot
locate. My finest day, maybe, after they graduate college, will be
the day they teach their dad to work some new technology he cannot
figure out and/or give him directions to a home he has already been
to. One can dream!