After parenting her for 16 years you would think I would get this part right by now. We're all wired differently. With my first born child I was given this lesson and it's helped me handle my responses in many situations. There are those days though, that I forget about her wiring and I get annoyed. Her anxiety about being in crowds can initially be perceived as shyness that she "just needs to get over" when, in fact, she's having massive anxiety swirling in her brain and she's ready to burst. Some days I forget. Yesterday was one of those days and I just feel terrible. For about a week Katie was looking forward to going to her favorite Asian shopping market, Uwajimaya. It's a bit of a trek for us so it's special when we get to go (it's also spendy so we need to budget accordingly). In my mind I'm thinking I'm doing a good thing because a.) we have the funds to go shopping here and b.) I'm taking my girls to one of their