My daughter, who is 9, read my first journal entry from yesterday, and I just read her comment, "I think you should plant patatos(potatoes)." We planted potatoes two years ago in our garden, and she had the most fun digging them up. They yielded more than I thought they would. My daughter is such an exuberant little thing. She is up for anything, happy just to be "doing"! I wish I had that energy. It isn't just energy, though. She has such pure joy in everything, and when she has a "particular" interest in something she goes all out to learn everything she can about it and to participate fully in the enjoyment of it.
She has a particular love of fossils and is her class' authority on the subject! She also loves to fish, garden, take care of her dog (who just had puppies) and a number of other things. When she grows up she says she is going to be a paleontologist, an archaeologist, a geologist, a farmer, a teacher, an artist, and, according to her, in her spare time she will raise horses. Oh to be a nine year old girl again! Anyone else out there with a daughter like this? I hope nothing ever happens to dim her enjoyment of life. She has the persistance, toughness, the never-say-die attitude that can see her through a lot, but she is also sweet, kind-hearted and trusting. But she has us, her father, brother and me, as well as a lot of extended family and close friends who can help her as she matures.
Anyway, I just may have to plant potatoes, even if I don't put in a full garden!
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