Your daughter is a puzzle. That much, you’ve figured out. One second she’s happy and giggly, the next she’s upset how her shirt feels on her waist. You buy toy after toy only to have her play with the box. And if you could even keep count of the number of rocks she’s brought in to the house, you could tile your back patio. Your daughter is a puzzle.
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Why not take that to a literal form? She’s a puzzle, but she’s unique. She’s quite like you…and her mom. She exhibits so many qualities that you just don’t see in other kids. She finds the extraordinary in the ordinary. She finds laughter in the most unexpected of places. Those are a few to start with. Make a word search out of it.
The people over at Discovery have a really slick program that will let you customize a word search using whatever terms you want and make it whatever size you want. If you want to communicate how you feel about your daughter in a fun and interactive way, congrats, you found it. Check it out.
When you make her word search, think of those singular words that describe your daughter. There could be hundreds and that’s okay, or there could be just a few (also okay). Pick words that communicate those things YOU see in her. How about words that give her a sense of who she WILL be? Don’t just put “brown eyes” or “plays”, dig deep. Here’s a list that probably fits everyone’s daughter:
fun
beautiful
inquisitive
horses
ballet
biologist
laughter
loved
mature
sister
friend
daughter
But it’s also a puzzle, so there is still some brain work being done here. It’s a win-win, really. You communicate a message that builds her self-esteem, she confirms that message by completing the word search. Every word she finds gets locked in to her brain as “That’s what my dad thinks of me”. Those messages are so key as she grows and the world tells her different. Be louder than the world.
Thanks for reading and thanks for being a dad….
-Scott-
p.s. – Here’s a word search I made for my readers…
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