December 21, 2009

Schuyler, at ten


"It is rare that one can see in a little boy the promise of a man, but one can almost always see in a little girl the threat of a woman."
-- Alexandre Dumas

26 comments:

  1. Anonymous10:59 AM

    Beautiful picture. Happy birthday, Schuyler!

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  2. What a beauty she continues to become!

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  3. Happy Birthday, Schuyler!

    I hope the year ahead is filled with fun and fanciful things.:)

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  4. Ten? Really?

    She's as lucky to be so loved as you and Julie are to have such an amazing child.

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  5. Happy Birthday, Schuyler!

    Look after your dad in Vegas! Hope you have a fun time together.

    Great picture!

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  6. Happy Birthday sweetie! She is such an inspiration!

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  7. Wishing Schuyler the very best on her start into double digits! Rob, I hope you're ready for the teen years! She's going to break some hearts.

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  8. Happiest of birthdays, Schuyler!

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  9. Happy birthday, Schuyler! Holy cats, you're 10! It's been a privilege getting to see you grow up and become as awesome as you are.

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  10. Anonymous2:53 PM

    schuyler looks so grown up in this picture!
    happy birthday schuyler (and make sure dad behaves in vegas!)

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  11. This girl takes my breath away. Can't wait to hear your Vegas tales...

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  12. Happy happy birthday Schuyler!! Enjoy double digits!

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  13. That's an incredible photo. Her spirit is literally on her skin and coming out of her big eyes. Happy Birthday, Schuyler!

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  14. Happy birthday, Schuyler! Vegas for your birthday - what cool parents you have.

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  15. Hippo Birdie Two Ewes to Schuyler! May there be many, many more.

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  16. Double digits. Good stuff. Happy happy birthday, Schuyler!

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  17. She looks more like Julie all the time.

    Enjoy your second decade, Schuyler!

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  18. Sarah8:21 PM

    Happy Birthday, Schuyler! Hope your dad spoils you just enough on your trip :)

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  19. Anonymous12:38 AM

    10 is special. Posibly the only time you'll get to add another digit to your age... (at least for the next 90 years)

    -e-

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  20. Happy birthday, Schuyler! Enjoy being 10-- it's such a fun age!

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  21. Happy Birthday to Schuyler! I love that quote.

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  22. What a gorgeous and amazing girl. Happy Birthday, Schuyler!

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  23. Anonymous9:44 PM

    I am so glad that you have kept writing your blog after the book and all of the things that have happened to you since the book. I enjoy watching Schuyler grow. She's such a beautiful little girl!

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  24. Anonymous4:51 AM

    She's lovely.

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  25. reminds me of this quote, which resonates with even me, a childless (child-free?) person:

    "Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." ~Elizabeth Stone



    and this one which is a 'duh':

    "It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't."
    ~Barbara Kingsolver, from 'Animal Dreams'


    um, and this one just for you, Rob in both quote and source:



    "Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children."
    ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

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  26. I just finished reading the book that was given to me by my grad student speech pathology daughter. As a first grade teacher for thirty years I have seen and worked with many children. This book touched me in so many ways and I can't get it out of my head. I wish you and your family only the best. Happy Birthday Schuyler!!

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