Canadian Idol

On Monday night (as I previously mentioned) we went to the fair. We brought our 13 year old next door neighbor with us. As we were walking through the mud and pushing through hoards of people, she looks over at me and says, "You're so so pretty! You are beautiful! I want to be you!" As much as I enjoyed the compliment, I couldn't help but think that this sweet child must be crazy. Why anyone would want to be me...I don't know. I have a great family, a good life..But it hasn't been an easy one. I felt this heaviness in my heart - this great responsibility to be a role model for the girl. Then the fear hit me. What happens when she finds out that I'm far from perfect?

I wonder what qualities she sees in me that she admires. Her comments made me think of my own children. They made me realize that my every word, every action may affect someone else's life, and I would never know it. These are truths that I had known before, that I had been taught. I had just forgotten them. Thanks D for the reminder and the compliments. I'll try not to disappoint you, although I'm afraid it's inevitable.