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Joyce has also <strong>com</strong>e to appreciateIsabel’s sensitive ways. “Isabel is an oldsoul,” she says. “You forget that she’sonly a child. When I talk to her, I’m nottempted to use that special tone <strong>of</strong>voice that people reserve for children,and I don’t adapt my vocabulary. I talkto her the way I would to any adult.She’s very sensitive, very car<strong>in</strong>g. Sheworries about other people’s well-be<strong>in</strong>g.She can be easily overwhelmed,but all these th<strong>in</strong>gs go together and Ilove this about my daughter.”696/929Joyce is as car<strong>in</strong>g a mother as I’ve seen,but she had a steep learn<strong>in</strong>g curve asparent to her daughter because <strong>of</strong> theirdifference <strong>in</strong> temperaments. Would shehave enjoyed a more natural parent-

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