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My post today is part of Family.com's Comment Mania! Contest. Basically, they'll give a prize to the person who leaves the best comment this week (on the full article, not this blog post), so be sure to go over there and check it out! Here's a sampling:

My oldest daughter Cassidy, then 6, stood stock-still on the stage. Her dark blonde hair spilled to her waist, curled at the ends and topped with a pretty bow. She was wearing a white blouse with ruffled cuffs under a dark green velvet vest and a matching skirt. She wore white tights and shiny black Mary Janes. She was a vision.

Her bright blue eyes, edged with lovely, long, dark lashes, darted around the room. A nervous grin was locked on her face. She had exactly two lines for the Christmas pageant -- two lines that were suddenly too overwhelming for her to say out loud...

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