Friendship

 It’s good to know were right on track. Were never really sure what to expect from parenting, but there are something’s that seem to be par for the course. My 9 year old boy seems to have a healthy obsession with Nerf guns, video games and the great outdoors.  In the evolution game, boys need to protect, experience adventure and forage in the forest for food, so I guess Peter is right on track in a modern sense of things. My eleven-year old daughter plays the role of the teacher and nurturer to perfection. As she does this, her friends are always an arms length away ready when needed. “Us” girls, do stick together is so true with Kate. She holds her friends close to her heart and trusts them to guide her along the way. No teacher goes it alone, and she has learned that already. While they talk about boys, dreams and the life in front of them, they bounce it all off of each other, looking for consensus and trying to avoid conflict.  I find comfort knowing that Kate has been able to keep her friends since the beginning. Her consistency makes me realize that she had become independent and able to handle life on her own because she knows there are people she can trust out there.  While we’re always there for her, she need not only depend on her immediate family, because she has connected with the world. In the same way, she has an inner calm that needs no one else.  I look forward to seeing her fly and experience a great life, because in one way or another, someone has her back.