I spent Thursday and Friday evenings at Washington Elementary School watching proudly as Lily performed in the variety show. During the all-kids sing-along at the beginning, I smiled as I noticed, probably for the very first time, how much she looks like me as a kid. With Benjamin, it has always been pretty obvious that most of his physical traits (and perhaps behavioral!!!) come from me, and with Liam, he has a lot in common with Tom as a child, but with Lily, we have often wondered who it is that she resembles. She's always been kind of unique in that regard. However, staring in wonder at her, as she sang Joy To The World by Three Dog Night, I felt a loving familiarity with that nine-year old, as if I could reach out and hold her as myself at the same age. I've told her before that I think we would have been great friends had I known her in my youth. She likes all the things I myself was so passionate about. God, do I love her. Thank you Lord for her gift to me!