HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAUTIFUL!!!

Sarah Ebarkins swinging through the vines, a ballpoint drawing study on my Moleskine notebook for a story my daughter wrote when she was 5 years old. I love this story because she then gave me strict instructions to type the words exactly as she wrote them. Here is the original post.

The Adventures of the Blue Ring
By Em

One day a little girl named Sarah Ebarkins bought a blue ring. The next day she swung on a vine. While she was swinging her ring came OFF! It dropped into a river into the waterfall cascade. In the waterfall cascade there were vines hanging in the cave. The ring got caught on a VINE then a big wave came and SPLASH! making the ring drop into the river again PLOP! Then a light shone on the ring and there shone...the sun! Then Sarah Ebarkins went out and ran to where she had swung and lost her ring. But she decided to make her own ring by her talent and put insects on it. But when she wore it outside her house a bird snatched it right out of her hands. But when she went to her house and went to her bedroom she saw the ring sitting on her table.

Happy Birthday to my beautiful, intelligent, wonderful, bright, charming, talented, funny, terrific, awesome daughter!!!

We love you!!!

 

My daughter used to sneak notes on my Moleskine notebook when she was in grade school. Later, I would respond to her notes by drawing around her messages. My daughter is 16 years old today. She is a beautiful, smart  and talented young lady. She has been twice a recipient of the President's Academic Award; a member of the Junior National Honor Society and now the National Honor Society. She loves history, literature, theater, music and art. She is an avid reader. As much as she tries to escape Science Fair and science projects (she does not like it with a passion :)), she gets selected to represent her school every year. Again this year, she has been selected to the district competition. She came home with a frown on her face saying "Mom, I got selected to represent the district." I replied "Aaaawwww, I am sorry." (but I am also happy and proud of her being selected and so I just had to giggle.) We both laughed. I told her to just have fun. I do not understand her grades. She gets 103% grades, huh? Per centum is per one hundred. It cannot be 103, but there it is. Oh, and she is even on the Spanish Honor Society. What?! There is a Spanish Honor Society? Do you think I am proud of her? Can you blame me? Ah, she makes life beautiful! I love you Em. Tsup!