I can do it

She struggles with the door.

I open it.

She closes it,

and struggles with it more.

“I can do it!”

Rushing to get to church.

I buckle her car seat latch.

“No!” she cries and

pulls at them to part.

“I can do it!”

Each day,

getting dressed,

eating, creating.

She grows quickly,

because of her

Toddler independence.