11.16.2011

My Girl

The following is plain and unadulterated mother pride ...

Miss A is a one of kind of girl.  The other day she told me about a playground interaction that made my heart proud to be her mom.

She has a friend she loves, but isn't necessarily welcomed by her other friends into the group to play.  This friend asked Miss A if she could play with her group during the last recess of the day.  Miss A said yes.  Then she approached her other friends to tell them that this friend wanted to play with them and they told her no, she couldn't play.  That Miss A could play with her, but that meant she couldn't play with them.  So she told them off a little and then went and played with the friend in question.

I'm so grateful for a daughter that understands the importance of being nice and the unimportance of being caddy.  I know she's not perfect.  And that she's probably hurt feelings along the way.  But I'm pretty proud of the fact that she fights for the underdog pretty much every time.

3 comments:

Rachel said...

That's my girl! (You're girl, but you know what I mean.) I am so proud of her! She is so sweet.

Bri!!! said...

What a blessing!

Kimberly said...

That is so incredibly admirable!! It takes a good mom to teach this as well so give yourself a pat on the back as well.