{"id":628,"date":"2010-04-27T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/tuesday-april-27-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-04-27T19:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-27T23:06:00","slug":"tuesday-april-27-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.michellebeachy.com\/blog\/tuesday-april-27-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday April 27, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today for the first time Adam walked into the library all by himself. Liam had just fallen asleep and not wanting to wake him, I asked Adam if he wanted to try doing it solo. Much to my surprise, he thought for two seconds and said, “yes.” <\/span>

I coached him through the, “I’d like to return this book, please,” and, “could you help me find, <\/span>Little Town on the Prairie<\/span>.” Then I handed over the keys with my library card attached. <\/span>

“Are you sure you want to do this.”<\/span>

“Oh, yes,” he said, scrambling out the door.<\/span>

When the double doors of the library swallowed him, he looked so tiny. I watched for the top of his head through the window but couldn’t find it right away. Then I saw him walking back to the children’s section and returning with a librarian. <\/span>

It was only a minute or two until he reappeared beaming and giving me a huge thumbs up as soon as he saw me. I was beaming, too; but there were two teeny weeny tears in my eyes, too. Because I was just so proud of him.<\/span>

Sometimes we seem to grow about six feet in that many minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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