Checking In

So you have been living with me since Christmas Break of 2022. You started school at a great public school that is loved by almost every parent and kid involved with it. Your first semester was almost all straight A’s, aside from one class where the teacher’s administration and grading was delayed frequently, and we may have been able to work on things that would have resulted in you getting the three points you needed to get the A. You handled everything like a champ, with only a couple meltdowns. Always remember: Panic, blinds you from the logic, that helps you find the formulas, that help you figure out the issue. Your issue is never your intelligence. You have it. Believe it.

I am so incredibly proud of how you handled your new school, your new life. I wasn’t scared that you wouldn’t make friends. You started out with two great friends, Lotti and Zoe, and you just kept adding new, nice girls…OK, and boys..whom I met and met their parents. I joked that I had met all your friends’ parents and I was the weirdo among them!

I love your dedication to school work, and I love how whenever you have a problem, you come to me and we work it out together. You trust me, and I trust you.

If my biggest issue with you is your obsession with skincare (for your immaculate skin) and your face in your phone too much, we’re doing pretty well. You are polite, respectful, funny, fun and smart. In all the craziness of life, with scheming business partners, finishing up with the court and paying attorneys, finding the “right” place to live, and so many other things, you are the one extremely enjoyable constant among all the variables.

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