Seventeen

Our little Shayla is growing up. Yesterday she turned seventeen. 

Wow! How did that happen?!

I know I implied in my last post that teenagers are a challenge,

but I have to say Shayla is an exception to all the cliches.

She has pretty much stuck to the straight and narrow

and I can sleep at night because she has all her

teenage fun during daylight hours and likes

to get to bed at a reasonable time.

And her idea of teenage fun is fixing computers and

creating interesting electrical gizmos as well

as drawing and painting. 

She is happy to help anyone who needs it with 

any technology conundrum. And she does so

without any condescending remarks. At least out loud.

She took a few classes at the high school this past year and

one of the things that surprised her was how so many girls

hate their moms and complain often and loudly about them.

She said to me "I told them I like my Mom, and they seem so surprised."

She has a good heart and a compassionate spirit.

Another year and she will be off to college and  before we know it 

she will be getting on with life. 

But she promised me she would be my on-call Geek Squad

so I will have plenty of excuses to call her.

Happy Birthday Shay!