I was raised by a mom who believed in me…
Because of my mom, I know how to believe.
Believe in myself, believe in my husband and believe in my daughter.
I’ve written before about Emily’s self-esteem.
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Today, I want to show you and tell you about Emily’s schoolwork.
This first page was done at school.
I loved her answers.
She doesn’t believe in love at first sight, in order for a relationship to survive, you should not argue and you know your relationship is in trouble when one person quits.
What is she looking for in her soulmate? He needs to love dogs, the Big Bang Theory and cheerleaders. He should be tall with hazel colored eyes and love to laugh.
Isn’t that just beautiful?
Now, the homework part.
Emily had to define herself using this list of words. 
She read all the words and told me what they meant. Some of the words I had to explained to her.
I had her circle the ones she felt applied to her.
She circled 19 words.
- Leader
- Creative
- Musical
- Funny
- Agreeable
- Honest
- Thoughtful
- Loving
- Family oriented
- Upbeat
- Brave
- Hardworking
- Friendly
- Kind
- Happy
- Fearless
- Peaceful
- Respectable
- Focused
My girl!
We needed to shorten the list and she crossed 9 off and kept her top 10.
- Musical
- Funny
- Honest
- Loving
- Family oriented
- Hardworking
- Friendly
- Kind
- Happy
- Fearless
We needed to define 8 and pick 5 that define her.
In the end, she picked
- Musical
- Happy
- Fearless
- Honest
- Funny
My girl!
I am so proud of her!
I’ve said since day 1 that I would build Emily up so high that she would forever believe in herself.
I think I’ve done well in her first 17 years and I promise to continue!
How do I do it?
- Lots of love
- Tons of positive reinforcement
- We don’t give up or quit when it gets difficult.
- We laugh a lot together and laugh at ourselves too.
- We work hard
- We celebrate our successes, no matter how small.
Lessons from my daughter 