List #2: Addie is amazing

Reasons I am amazed by my teenager:

1. She practices her violin for at least 1 hour per day, and also paid her own money to rent a cello and expand her repertoire.

2. She is getting straight A's at school. I didn't do that from 6th grade until my second time at college!

3. She's decided she wants to graduate a year early, and is checking out summer classes.

4. In addition to summer classes, she wants to do Granite Junior Youth Symphony; that will be two hours a day, M-Th, starting at 7 am.

5. She's just decided she wants to run for student body officer: Lieutenant Governor (which is her school's version of Vice President)

6. Like me, she wants to be an author. Unlike me, she actually writes. Copiously.

7. She's diligent in her Young Women Personal Progress goals. She's set major goals for herself, spiritually.

Wow. I can't believe I've been trusted with this amazing person.