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# For Jessica
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2010/07/for-jessica/
- Published: 2010-07-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:59.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:47, #ichris

If you are a parent and can make it through [this article](https://jenniferlawler.com/wordpress/?p=747&ref=chrisenns.com) without choking up, I don't think I really want to know you and your robotic ways:

> But they didn’t tell you ahead of time, and by the time you figured out that being her mother was going to make your life look like a nuclear bomb had detonated in the middle of it, it was too late, because she’s your daughter and you loved her even before she was born, so you’re a little biased and you can’t always see her clearly, and what you see is a high-spirited, ebullient girl with a stubborn streak, and other people see a slow-moving, cognitively-impaired kid who can’t be budged once she makes up her mind.

I, for one, can't wait to get home and hug my boys.