OK folks, hang onto to your hats. Are you sitting down? Sure?<\/p>\n
Caroline turns Thirteen Years Old today. Yep, the baby is now a teenager.<\/p>\n
Peter and I have chronicled her life through our web logs. Peter even had a contest going as to when and how much she was going to weigh on his. <\/p>\n
You have heard about her adventures and accomplishments. You have read her feeling about her father\u2019s stroke. She has answered your questions.<\/p>\n
So be sure to wish her a happy birthday.<\/i><\/p>\n
Dear Caroline,<\/p>\n
Thirteen? Wow, where did the time go.<\/p>\n
I am not joking when I say it seems that I just brought you home from the hospital. I blinked and you went from baby to toddler. I blinked again and you went from toddler to preschooler. Blink and you are going to elementary school. Apparently I blinked again and now you are in middle school and official a teenager.<\/p>\n
You are a lovely clever young lady with a big heart. You care about the world around you and the people and animals in it.<\/p>\n
You do well in school. I don\u2019t have to be on top of you to do your homework. Maybe an occasional nudge but you are pretty much a self started. You get up and get yourself ready for school including making your own lunch. You make sure you have everything you need for the day and get yourself out the door in plenty of time. <\/p>\n
Your sense of humor tends to the political arena. I think one of your favorite sketches on Colbert is the Hungry for Power Games. You are very aware of what is going on not only in your life but what is going on in the world. You are concerned about civil right and equality. You get rather irate when you see what you think is injustice in the world. You have big plans on how you want to change the world.<\/p>\n
You love to read but prefer paper to digital. You read all kinds of things from comics to books both fiction and non-fiction to the newspaper. You have started reading the New York Times daily and then looking for more information about topics you find interesting. <\/p>\n
It had been fascinating watching you come into your own as a person. <\/p>\n
I look forward to your teenage years and all that follows.<\/p>\n
You are off to a great start.<\/p>\n
Today you have a robotics scrimmage and tomorrow is your Harry Potter Birthday Party and a Girl Scout meeting. I hope you have fun.<\/p>\n
love,
\nMamamamamamamamamamamamamamamama<\/p>\n
I am so very grateful that I have Caroline in my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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