Lately we have been feeling very comfortable calling Nora our only child. That being said, the more comfortable we are with the idea, the more Nora recognizes that other children have brothers and sisters and she doesn't. I have to admit that my heart sank a little when she told me the other day that she was going to move to a house where there are brothers and sisters (she doesn't yet fully understand that siblings usually share the same parents).
When my response was "don't you like living with mommy and daddy?"
her reply was "well, sometimes I get a little lonely."
*heart sinking, overcome by sadness*
Was this the reason we decided to get chickens? Well... no. We do not believe in any way that chickens replace children, nor was it our intention to convince Nora that this was a substitute for siblings. However, when I heard that Nora told her Dad in the car that because she had chickens she wouldn't be lonely anymore I have to admit it felt like a parenting success.
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