Comments on: A Moment Of Perspective

By: Karan

Karan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:01:55 +0000

This is the classic the box is the best part of the gift story…the kid doesn’t care about the thing they do, they care about the experience. When the thing becomes, well the thing, then they are teens.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:33:14 +0000

Given how much Charlotte loves staying in hotels and ordering room service, I don’t think she’s the simple-pleasures type.

By: jo

jo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:13:08 +0000

Perhaps she is just saying she likes to be home and cozy more than traveling and learning. A simple girl at heart.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:14:06 +0000

Frankly, it reminds me of Charlotte’s first Christmas, where her mother and her two grandmothers all over-shopped and bought a metric assload of presents for this child (who was seven months old). On Christmas morning, after the unbridled orgy of tearing through all the wrapping paper and ooh-ing and aah-ing over way too many presents, Charlotte simply ignored the pile of toys in the living room and played with the empty boxes and wrappings.

By: shelley

shelley — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:56:49 +0000

What I love about this story is the way it confirms that where you go and what activities you do with your child(ren) isn’t as significant as the simple fact that you spend time together, as a family. And it’s not that Charlotte won’t necessarily remember all those landmarks (or at least some of them), but the down-time in between activities becomes that much more precious when you have shared these common experiences together. Plus, she got to be the grown-up while Mon and Dad took naps, which has to be the coolest ever! (Well, until it becomes the norm and you guys are ready to be shipped off to the home.)