She is sassy and stylish, funny, with a quick wit and cutting sarcasm. Fiercely loyal and yet not afraid to be herself and to stand by what she believes in. . . she is my youngest. And in a matter of days she turns 12. This past weekend we had her friend birthday party--a sleepover event with 5 of her friends.
Elisabeth has really good friends. The kind that I hope will all still be friends years from now. The interesting thing is that they are from all walks of life. Because we homeschool she has friends from the neighborhood, from Girl Scouts, from her time in basketball and from her dance classes. Yet they all mesh together well and they are really kind to each other. They know her well, as evidenced by the shirt she was gifted with!
As I watched them this weekend I was struck by how grown up she looks and acts. Wasn't it just yesterday she wore a crown and hit her brother with her birthday wand? LOL
Next year it will be her turn to go through our church's Coming of Age program, as if this mama didn't need more proof her babies are growing up fast! But I am happy for her and excited to see what the future holds for her. Her actual birthday is this Sunday and she wants to spend Sunday afternoon helping to distribute gifts to foster kids. She is deeply moved by the fact that she knows foster kids often lose treasured items because they leave their family home so quickly and/or move so often. She knows that some of her siblings have been through foster care and she has chosen to help work with a friend's new nonprofit which will help 400 foster kids in our city have great Christmasses. I might mourn the loss of my "baby" but I sure love the heart and passion that she has for the world.
Sunday we will bring cupcakes to church and Monday we have her family party and she will at long last get her own phone.
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