Making Things Work

Since the day that Haylee is born we have figure out how to make things work with just five fingers. Sounds simple enough right? You think how hard can it be to do with one hand? But, have you tried to tie your shoes with one hand? Have you tried to zip your coat with one hand? How about pick up that quarter laying on the ground not using your fingers?

We think about those things. We do a lot of trial and error in our house. We think about everything we do first with two hands and then we figure out how we can do this with just one hand. If we can’t figure it out then we go to the internet or our wonderful friend Darin to see if there are other ways to do it. Have you ever sat down and really thought cutting up your meat with just one hand?

Today Haylee and I were making a cake and it required eggs. So I assigned Haylee getting the eggs out of the fridge. I watched carefully just to see how she was going to handle holding eggs and climbing back out of the fridge. (We own a fridge that has the freezer on the bottom so many times you will find Haylee in the fridge literally) Haylee pulled the egg out of the carton and cradled it in the nook of her elbow of her little hand. It was the cutest thing and brought tears to my eyes.

I thought my daughter is going to be perfect. She is going to do anything anyone else in the world does but with one hand. She will cook and clean and work and get married and have children. That is a dream every mom has for her kids. And it is the same dream I have for my little hand big heart daughter.