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Created: 21 February 2014

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Letter from America. 

O'Donnell Irish EyesLet’s face it; babies are born as selfish critters who firmly believe that the sun, moon, and stars—not to mention the entirety of their parents’ existence—revolve around them.  Because the egocentric newborn diva has no other way to communicate with others, she will whimper, cry, screech, or wail until her immediate needs are met.  She doesn’t give a furry fat rat’s naked skinny tail that you are occupied in the bathroom, trying to accomplish the very task that your own baby, by virtue of her normal spontaneous entry into this world, has made so terribly but temporarily difficult for you.  When your little bundle of love wants your attention, she wants it pronto!  Whether she is hungry, wet, gassy, too hot, too cold, or just plain bored out of her gourd, she will let you know in no uncertain loud and clear tones that she wants you to come to her aid; moreover, she will continue with increasing urgency to let you know that she is summoning you, up to and until you meet her needs. 

Read more: The Littlest Caregivers.

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Created: 07 February 2014

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Letter from America. 

O'Donnell Irish EyesWhen an old friend of mine was a child, her parents used to threaten her when she misbehaved with these words:  “Pack a bag!  We’re going to drop you off at the orphanage…right this minute!”  These days, of course, no self-respecting, child-development-guide-reading parent would use those words and, in fact, my friend tells me that she never really and truly believed her parents meant what they said to her, anyway.  However, she still remembers hearing those two oft-repeated sentences of doom, so they must have resonated with her to at least a moderate degree. 

Read more: Li’l Orphan O’Donnell.

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Created: 12 January 2014

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Letter from America. 

O'Donnell Irish EyesThe moment a child voices a hilarious comment, many moms, dads, grandparents, and teachers promise themselves to jot it down so that they will remember it forever.  Few of those adults actually do so, much to their later regret.  In a recent crowd sourcing exercise, I was surprised by the paucity of responses I received after asking people to post funny comments made by their children.  Perhaps some ignored the request because they couldn’t remember any “funnies”; others might have felt that the remarks they could recall were not fit for publication.  Still others might have been of the opinion that you “had to be there” in order to appreciate the humor in a recalled remark.

Read more: Kids Really DO Say The Darnedest Things.

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Created: 13 December 2013

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Letter from America. 

O'Donnell Irish EyesI am neither a Scrooge nor a Jehovah’s Witness.  I am not a Grinch.  I’m not Jewish and I’m not a Muslim.  The aforementioned don’t celebrate Christmas but I, as a Christian, am supposed to do so.  While I do (both prayerfully and gratefully) observe the spiritual “reason for the season”—namely, the birth of Jesus—I can’t say that I relish all the commercial hoopla surrounding that birthday.

Read more: Bah, Humbug.