Happy 15th Birthday to my daughter Caroline
Posted By Kathleen David on December 5, 2017
<i>Who shares a birthday with Walt Disney and Martin VanBuren</i>
Dear Caroline,
This morning I came down stairs to you all ready for high school. A friend, who gets a ride with her sister who is a senior at the high school, gave you a ride to school that you loved because you find the bus rather noisy. You gave me a hug and thanked me for making your lunch.
15 years which seemed to pass in the blink of an eye but also it feels like you have always been around. Neither is true really.
I receive a lot of compliments as to how polite you are and well mannered to boot. I taught you the basics, but you have grown into a young lady who cares about the world around her and other people’s feelings. That’s you in a nutshell.
I love looking at you sitting somewhere and just drawing. You have a look of concentration on your face as you move the pencil to make what is in your head come out on paper. You know that you are lucky since you have access to people who’s art work you have admired and can ask them questions. You have made good use of those resources.
Another typical look for you is with a book in your hand. You like solid books not e-books unless that is the only way you can read a story. You love to read. You love manga. You love comic books. You love the well-written story. Reading is as normal as breathing to you.
You are developing your own tastes in your choices for entertainment. Your friends and you talk about Riverdale and Voltron and Hamilton and whatever else you have discovered and want to share with each other. Y’all do text a lot and group chat about all kinds of subjects. I am betting if I had the same technology, I would have done that too.
You are learning how to use power-tools safely as you make robot parts for the high school robotics team. You are learning how to sew and have all kinds of ideas for things you want to sew. Your next step that you want to take is learning how to build weapons and armor out of EVA foam. And I am betting you will be brilliant with that as well.
You are growing up so fast. I am enjoying watching you develop into the adult you will become.
I love you so much.
Love Mamamamamamamamamamamamama
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