Morning with my daughter and son to be happy

When other parents began a story about how early their children awoke, I would cut them off and say, If the time you are about to mention starts with a six or a seven, I might strangle you.

For the first three and a half years of my daughter's life, she awoke each morning at 5:01 a.m. I can still see the brutal display of the alarm clock and hear the howling cries of Daddy!, which marked the launch of every day.