she blows me away

Annie loves to read. Really loves to read. On a recent trip away she took 4 books and download 4 ebooks to save space and weight in her bag. Her love of reading has really expanded her vocabulary and literacy beyond her years. This really reflects in her writing. She loves to write stories. She is several chapters into writing her own book. She also writes profound little paragraphs of wisdom.

Without any prompting she popped out a page of written goodness. This one just hooked my heart and stole my breathe away. I've written it here with her permission and in just the way she has it written.

I can't see my future

Many paths lay before me

I can let fate take its course

Or I can choose my own destiny.

To many people, I am just

another face in the crowd.

I could be that

or I could stand out.

I am worth nothing to the world

But I am worth something

to those I love.

I'll choose my own

path,

And I'll choose my own

destiny.

Dang. Where did she learn all that wisdom from??  She's only 13 next month and already she has a beautiful old soul.