Friday, June 14, 2019

Dear Chloe

Today you are eleven years old. This has been a great year for you! You sailed right into middle school without a care in the world. You have done so well in school and you have developed some new interests. You decided to play basketball this year, and you grew so much. It was so fun watching you and your brother play under the same number this year.

You also decided to join drama club this year and you were amazing! It was a small number of you performing "The Wright Sisters", but you were so calm and cool... even in front of the entire school! You also joined the band this year and you have done well learning to read music and play the clarinet. You seem to like music and have also been teaching yourself the ukelele.

You and your friends are so smart and funny and witty! I love to listen to you guys together. You love writing stories and poetry, and creating movies together.

Middle school can be a tough time and I hope it is not for you. Right now, you are full of confidence and I love that about you! You work hard and try hard at all that you do and you don't much care what anyone else thinks or says. I hope you keep that confidence in yourself. Because you are right... you can do anything you put your mind to and work for... always believe that and I promise I will believe it for you, too.

I love you so much Chloe. You make me so very proud to be your mom.

Happy birthday, Bug!

Love,
Mom

“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.” - Ecclesiastes 9:10 (NIV)