3am xmas morning, I hear Daughter creeping around the house, trying to get into the room (locked) where the presents were waiting for daylight. I heard her rummaging around and finally wrapping a present in the kitchen so I went to get a glass of water. I assured her that I couldn’t see anything since […]
Daughter was preparing to apply for a scholarship offered by the NSA. This was something she was planning on doing for several months but of course managed to wait until the last minute to complete. The scholarship award is generous and part of the arrangement is for the recipient to work for the NSA 1.5x
After showing Daughter the 2013 holiday card, she replied You know your mom is a graphic designer when the family holiday card looks like it’s store bought. She meant that as a compliment.
Daughter has new freedom by driving herself to events. This has opened up a new world and she is more social now that she can come and go as she’s invited to go places. Because she’s never been social before, we never had to impose a curfew on her. When she does go somewhere, she
A mom was lamenting how much time her daughter spent on the computer. Constantly having to limit the daughter’s time on the computer, there was some amount of guilt on the mom’s part around the daughter’s habits. My thought was “or DON’T restrict your daughter’s computer time and maybe she’ll grow up to be a
