This girl is incredible. And amazing. And frustrating. And overwhelming. All at once.
She is me, shrunken down to 4 foot size. With the same voice I had, and the same attitude too.
She is brilliant - just like I used to be ;)
At the same time, she is sassy. Just like me.
She and I butt heads.
A lot.
I know it's because I see stuff in her that reminds me of me.
And while a lot of that stuff is great:
her creativity.
her imagination.
her outgoing personality.
her silliness.
her love for her brother...
a lot of it isn't, either.
The temper.
The attitude.
The yelling.
The drama.
And this is why, I think, I am really hard on her. Harder on her than I am on Riley. Because I see things in her I don't want to see... the stuff I don't like about myself. The stuff I wish were different about me. I want her to be better than that. I want her to be more than that. I want her to be less of me and so much more of her. So that when I look at her I see the best of me all the time.
(sorry I know I was supposed to have something funny to post - and I will - I just had to write this stuff down, for me)
5 comments:
you may not like that stuff about you, but your turned out just fine and we all love you for it!!! :)
OR you could just be more Godly and she would take after him instead of rotten old you! YES I SAID OLD!! AHAHAAA Just joking. I will see you in two weeks!!
Girl all that "stuff" is what makes you amazing!
It is hard to find the highs in life if you never see the lows, she will grow from her frustrations, and so will you, LOL!
LOVE ya!
B-
Thanks for writing the latest Mitch Albom book in blog form.
Great post Jessie! I could say a lot of that about me and Kiersten too! Man can we ever butt heads sometimes!
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