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my singing Canary. She is full of fun and joy, our giggling, goofy girl. She finds the fun in every situation. She is loud,
creative, imaginative, strong, and dramatic. She loves to dance, pretend, laugh and sing. She has an amazingly
strong, on pitch, beautiful singing voice, and we can often hear her singing around the house to herself, and making
up songs. She's a little klepto and loves to pilfer whatever she can get away with (and much of what she can't). She
likes Polly Pockets and little toys in her hands. She keeps the girls' room messy, to Maggie's chagrin. She is in first
grade and beginning to read well.
Eden came to us with a cleft palate with a repaired lip. She has had three sugeries, and will likely have that many more.
She has partial hearing loss, which does not slow her down, and she had Hep C, but has been healed of it and given a
clean bill of health from her doctor. She loves tomatoes, bananas and popcorn. She can't sit still to save her life. She
finds the humor in everything, and has taught me a lot about doing the same.
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