Reasons Why Kendra Cries....
My youngest daughter, Kendra, is five and a half years old (I added the "half" there because she would probably cry if I said she was just five years old). She made a dramatic entrance into our world (complete with an electrocuted squirrel and hospital-wide power outage) and she was born with the ability to throw an Oscar-worthy temper tantrum. She is wise beyond her years, at times even wise beyond my years; her words and outlook on life can sometimes overshadow the fact that she is only five years old. So, as frustrating as it is in the moment, I often find joy in her emotional meltdowns. Some reasons why Kendra is crying, mad, or pouting: We put a big bow on her head and brought her home from the hospital. She was forced to have her picture taken with her sisters. She couldn't catch a cat. She had to take a nap. She rubbed spaghetti in her eyes. We got her sparklers on the 4th of July. We dressed her like an Arkansas Razorbac...