Posted by
Frigglesnitz on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:18:50 PM
My "million-dollar baby" daughter, who named herself "twocentsfor you," possibly aimed at the writer of a blog comment to "Hostility and Truth in Labeling," was fairly angry at some comments he made to her mother.
My daughter is rather unlike her mother in that she is more direct, doesn't pussyfoot around or beat about the bush to make a point.
I'm very proud of her. She is very protective about her family and about her animals -- four dogs and two cats. She is passionate about animal rights -- and people rights -- and, as I said, is quite direct about these matters.
This all came about accidentally, when we spoke on the telephone and I described what I was doing -- probably composing some comment. She wanted to see the blog entry to which it applied, and after I went through the torture of succeeding in forwarding a blog entry to her, I believe her sense of protectiveness went into overdrive. I did make the point to her, however, that the word "JERK" should not have been separated from "Have a nice day." She is forgiven in that I believe anyone who is perceptive enough knew exactly what she meant to say: "Have a nice day, JERK." (She is also unfamiliar with blog and comment formats, to her greater good.)
I am the mother of "twocentsfor you," and I approve this message -- and hers. As I said, I am very proud of her. I had no idea her protectiveness instinct went so quickly into overdrive. Thank you, my "twocentsfor you." I love you.