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Our camera has been missing in action for a couple of weeks now.  I genuinely have no idea what happened to it.  What’s odd about the loss is that the camera bag sits empty on my desk.  We never take the camera out without the bag to protect it, as a certain little someone is prone to wanting to carry it for us.  So, it must be in the house, but still – I can’t find it.  I’m surprised by how much I miss being able to take photographs of my little gal.  That silly camera has brought me so much happiness.

While I talking to the husband about it, Buttercup went to her room and was rummaging through her toy box, and I could hear the toys flying around.  Buttercup came in with her little pink camera held high, and she said in her sweetest voice, “Mommy, you can use my camera.”  It’s a nice camera for someone her age, a Vtech Kidizoom Digital Camera, and she’s gotten so much use out of it and been rather possessive of it in the past.  In this time of life with her where sharing and taking turns has become the biggest test, I was so moved by her generous act.

It’s times like that where the tug of war over a doll at a play-date or the stomping of a foot over impatience slip into the background and this bighearted and thoughtful character shines through.  The terrible twos are such a trip, but there it is – that enormous kindness we’ve been working on cultivating right in the forefront.