My daughter Julia came to live with me two years ago for school. It isn't easy for me to raise someone who is practically my nine-year-old clone, but that is exactly what I find I am doing with Julia. Through our judo and soccer practices, reading, writing and arithmetic, Girl Scouts, and Japanese language classes, we occasionally have a conversation that connects us both in a sometimes deep and usually humorous way. Hopefully, you will be as entertained as we are.

Chat-chat, Talk-talk

As Julia’s social life has jumped off the scale, she prefers talking instead of eating; which has father annoyed as he tries to get her to eat breakfast before school…

Julia:  Daddy, blah blah blah blah blah…

Daddy:  Come on!  Eat!  Eat!

Julia:  I want to chat-chat, talk-talk!

Daddy:  Sigh.

Julia and Daddy wish you a very merry Christmas!