I received the following email from my 13 year old daughter this morning. Some background... It's her job to do the dishes. I asked her to bake bread yesterday afternoon. She wasn't really thrilled about it, but was getting started to do it when my husband asked her to wait until the evening because he didn't want the house to be too hot. We watched a movie last night as a family and the girls went to bed after. She forgot to make the bread. There were a few dishes left out and we are completely out of bread in the house, so I made the dough and put it in the fridge last night and then washed all of the dishes. Here is her email:
That is awesome that she trusts and values your opinion so much and at that age! It's also nice to hear how considerate she is. You should be very proud you are raising a wonderfully thoughtful daughter!
Well, I'd just like to compliment her on her writing ability! She's got a way with words and she's mature and thoughtful. You are very lucky!
I know, right? She's a much better writer than I am. She has 2 blogs and sometimes I'll be reading a post and think, "did she copy and paste this?" She's also been trying to write a novel for several years, but she's really hard on herself and keeps deleting everything and starting over. I keep telling her she can keep the old stuff, because even if she doesn't like it now, that doesn't mean she can't use it or at least parts of it later. I love how she talked about "any kid". We know that that's not true. Her mix of innocence and wisdom is truly awesome. I don't feel like I can really take credit though. She's been amazing from the beginning. When she was 8, my dad said that talking to her was like talking to a 30 year old.
AWWWW! What a sweet girl. I was just about to share something similar about my kid...but she is not as loving...LOL.
