I have a 4 year girl old who likes to pretend she’s Tarzan or Buzzlightyear. She has Barbies and a Ken. She likes the Ken better, but she takes good care of Barbie, making sure she’s dressed warm. Her empathy at 4 amazes me.

Her preschool teacher bought her a big truck for her birthday.

She plays in her kitchen when other girls are over, or when she’s been play hunting and has a deer to clean and cook.(She saw an uncle do this.) 

She can throw a football with more accuracy than I can.

She is very smart. She is a hard worker. She makes friends very easily. She is a hugger. She is very funny and wonders if God laughs at her jokes.

She is tough.

She spent her first three and 1/3 years in an overloaded foster care system where she was well loved, but not stimulated or nurtured much. She was not potty trained. She could/would not talk.

When she moved in with me 18 months ago, she worked diligently to catch up. She started talking Thanksgiving and she hasn’t stopped since. She worked hard in speech therapy. She can write her name and tell you what every le