My girl's Ted Talk!

We went to handle some more name changing business after their last day at VBC and then to the Aquarium.....and it was a lovely afternoon.....that is part of my journey that makes me feel grateful too, that somehow, some way....I am pulling off doing the little extra things with them....and having some adventures, and getaways amid paying bills and taking care of the things that need to be, and the things they need:) I am always keenly aware of the gift that is.....and on the way home Mads was Face timing some with the little girl that lives next door....they are getting closer, and playing a ton this summer......running between yards and really resurrecting old fashioned kid summers and I love it......but now in between when they can't play in person, they are hooked on calling each other and all of the rest.....and my daughter has a phone, her dad gave it to her.....I would not have had her have one yet, if I had had a say, or our lives were different....but since she doesn't have her dad here, and uses it to text him as well, I didn't make a stand about it.....but I do try and keep it in balance.....and having the next door old fashioned friendship does just that.....But after she got off the phone with her, we had a long chat as we drove 84....and I said I am so glad that you guys are getting so close....especially as you are switching schools.....I said that is the way it works....one door closes and another opens.....always provisions for those things in the grand plan:) And then she began to speak.....this eloquent and insightful rhetoric......a car Ted Talk if you will:).....about how she feels like she and this girl next door communicate the same way, and she feels she understands her, and how she was outgrowing some of her other friendships some, and not realizing it.....but also expressing all of the special gifts she got from them.....and articulating each dynamic well, and how devastated she was after her dad left......that she felt depressed and had anxiety, and was so sad but now she isn't.......that she grew from all of that and has changed....and she was too young to have to face all of that, but was glad she feels the way she does now.....and that she wants to find friends she can trust to share her thoughts and feelings with.....and she just went on and on,,,,,,,and it could have been a grown woman saying all of it.....as opposed to a 9 year old.....and she came in hardwired to be an old soul.....that is true.....her natural inclination leaning toward depth and curiosity, and emotional intensity and reflection.....and I feel so blessed we have all of those things in common.....that I was placed here to raise her, and make her feel not so alone......as a child I felt really alone in my depth.....not having a lot of people that I felt understood so much of what went on inside of me......and I felt so proud and relieved that what happened did not leave anxiety and depression in its wake for her......that she was able to thrive, and find a way on the other side of it all.....and that she has the awareness and words to articulate all that swims inside of her....my prayer as she embarks on a new journey, and school, is that she finds kids that resonate with her.....that speak to her soul......speak her language, and that get her depth and maturity....that it serves as a bridge not a barrier......she stood out in great ways in her last community of learners....and I am so hopeful that the same will occur for her in the fall.....I tell her often her best friend may be sitting in her class waiting on her next year:) She has always made friends easily, but also sparks competition in other kids......her strengths making them feel some kinda way......and she is sensitive also......so I am hopeful her new tribe will emerge.....and I sat in awe of her Ted Talk and her insight into herself, it was spot on and accurate.....all things I witnessed in her also.....and well......just wow.....I am always so touched that she is mine and that God saw fit to bless her to me....loving that we get to journey in this life together and discover ourselves better together......and really "get" each other, supporting one another's evolution each step of the way:) Such a gift! Happy 4th of July!!! Enjoy:)