Perfect

Kids grow up. And while as parents we want the best for them, they get too big and independent for us  to have much to say about what they do. Then they surprise you by making the right decisions and ending up as good productive adults.

Grandchildren are perfect from the day they are born. When our first granddaughter was born, I bought her a little shirt that said, "I Am Not Perfect, But Don’t Tell My Granddad." Now the youngest granddaughter has gotten too big and independent to have much time for granddad. It’s supposed to work this way. And, naturally, I worry about her. How she will make her way through college and get a job. Jobs are important.

She is now eighteen. She thinks she wants to teach first grade. At least that’s the last thing I heard. But, just when I wonder how everything will turn out for her, she calms my concerns. Not by what she says, but by what she does.

This weekend, out of the blue, she decided to take her older special needs sister to a movie. Since she is now 18 and has a drivers license, she can do that.

You may not understand what that single act tells me, but I’m sure everything will work out fine for her.

After all, she’s been perfect since she was born too.

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