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She Could Have Been Better

The cute face, the curly hair, the tender cry, the soft and smooth skin, the fragrance of all sorts of lotion and powder. Those cute little clothes that fit just perfectly fine.  There were no teeth. All that was there was the gum from which the teeth would protrude. Regardless, the smile still radiated life and beauty. The ever kicking legs and ever folded palms. The regular sleep hours, always at intervals. The ever feeding one, the one ever smiling from sleep. The strange language of which no one understood. Yet, communication occurred. All these perfectly describes the early stage of your life. It was infancy period! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! Tick Tock! How fast time passed. Alas, it's toddlerhood stage. Infancy stage is all past tense. Learning to navigate the environment and learning to walk started, improving communication skills also started, developing social skills also started.  Turned out, all of these acts into maturity was inculcated. And then again, tick tock! tick ...