Family smiles-a-plenty...
I like verbose...verbose is interesting. I am a word-fan to my very core too and again I never explain something with 5 words when 176 will do the job just as well. I get to indulge my etymology passion too when using this pleasant little haven on the block-chain I follow a number of people whose writing excites me.
You raise an immensely exciting question (for me...I am a tad strange) I realise exciting may sound a little OTT but I love to hear children using descriptive language. Some parents/grandparents exhibit great snobbery with regard to the language the little ones use. Not I.
I am often saddened by the shrinkage of the average vocabulary ten thousand different feelings and emotions all squashed and condensed into the two separate boxes of good and bad. I often ask my girls to give me a better explanation of how good or indeed bad some experience was.
I believe Ethan has the "right of it" (I also enjoy an interesting turn of phrase) if knowledge you already possess helps to translate and describe a new thought feeling or experience then go for it...No snobbery here!
Oh you keep a journal? that is wonderful, what better way to capture those magical moments and experiences in a way that they can be revisited again and again.
An enjoyable read, thankYOU, tempered with an unmistakable loving warmth that only family and great friends can conjure.
Take great care. May your journey be one filled with fun, fulfillment and mechanics joy :D
Thanks @stevenwood. I appreciate your reply. Yes, I've journaled for many years, and even taught classes on the subject for our community continuing education.
"No snobbery" is correct!