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894 french braids gathered symmetrically into rows down 2 sides, keeps blonde hair out of little eyes 895 age 8. when the world comes to life. reading, lego building, "banking" in the [board] game of life. this process, probably more than any other, makes me so proud, when a little girl becomes a girl, and a little boy becomes a boy. 896 a moment. when chocolate+caramel+sugar is bypassed for a steamy cup of green tea with a splash of lemonade 897 sore forearm, product of an afternoon of new year's day tradition with family, the alley, the pins, and the coconut-ball 898 fresh polish 899 the encouragement that it is to me, too, to have a workout buddy [at least] once/week 900 new stabilizing tennis shoes, and running feels so much better