MY HERO

              BY: AINSLEY

One of the people I admire is my mom. 

First, one reason she is my hero is she is brave. She is brave because she likes to do dare-devil things. One thing she did that was scary was she and I went on a 1,200 feet drop Canyon Swing! We strapped in and the swing went almost all the way upside down! Another she is brave is she is a single mom, a writer, and a dog owner. I think she is brave because there is a lot of things to worry about because she has to take care of Zack and I, she has to turn all her stories in before her deadline, and she has to take care of a 9 week old puppy. One more reason she is brave is she is not afraid of what others think of her. She will dance in public if I wasn’t around and she will not care of what people say about her. 

Next, another reason I admire her is because she is talented. She is talented because she can take care of 2 kids and a puppy. Another reason she is talented is she is a fabulous mom. She is always nice and is very strict though. I can’t believe she can manage to take care of us! Another reason she is talented is she is very smart. She can answer anything in a split second. 

Finally, she is very loving. She is loving because she stills loves my dad even though they are divorced. She still talks to him and is nice to him. Another reason she is loving is she loves my uncle even though he is mad at her. She still tries to talk to him even though he doesn’t want to talk to her. One more reason she is loving is she loves all of her family. She never says mean things to them and would never try to hurt their feelings. 

 All in all, I love and admire my mom.

 

It would appear that I have not ruined my children’s lives after all by throwing in the towel on my 12-year marriage. My kids are showering me with cards, love letters, paintings and supportive words of affection. It is sad, the transition of a family into something new and different. But, we’re all doing the best we can. All evidence suggests that I’m doing a bang up job of it.

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In beautiful April,

Flowers Bloom,

And babies are born.

Summer is almost here.

It’s getting even hotter,

As spring passes by.

The sun stays out,

while gloomy clouds go away.

Kids run around playing,

Instead of inside their houses.

Birds start chirping,

The snow on the mountains melt,

Grass gets greener every day.

And school is almost out!

Ainsley’s poem was chosen for the National Young Writers of America Anthology. I am a proud Mama.

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Ainsley saved enough money to buy herself a mini laptop computer. She’s been emailing her friends and cousins, since we moved from Texas.

I didn’t want her emailing from my new Macbook. Nor did I want her using my computer to play Justin Beiber songs all day long and surfing Justin Beiber YouTube videos. So, I encouraged her to save her money and buy her own.

I am inclined to pay her for doing chores that I adamantly dislike – vacuuming for one. Can’t stand it. Bathrooms don’t bother me so much, but I get too much on my plate and need someone to help me out before we entertain guests.

So, she saved, for about a year, and bought a new knock-off on ebay a few weeks ago. The trouble is, buying a mini-laptop because it is cute and pink is an amateur mistake. She’s used to the lightening fast speed of my computer, so her slow as a turtle laptop has proved to be a disappointment. The other day I caught her checking her email on my computer, and changing my Pandora station to Justin Beiber. Annoying.

She has been talking about selling her new mini, for $200. I try to explain that once you open a computer package, the sell price – the fair market value – plummets, not rises. So, she wants to lower the price to $130 (she paid $105 including tax).

She’s saving for a faster computer now. (She mentioned that if someone wants to donate one – a fast one, a cute one – that she’d be happy to accept such a gift for her upcoming birthday Oct. 9.)

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There once was a weird looking lady.

She had two heads, two arms and no legs.

She had to roll everywhere!

She had a Kitten.

It was normal.

And very cute.

The End.

~ Ainsley

Ainsley won her first media contest, a original Dr. Seuss-like Poster. She beat out everyone in the 2nd Grade.

We’re so proud of her.

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Today my Mom yelled at me.

So I cried until the room was a lake.

~Ainsley

(The cartoon mother (me) is screaming Get Off The Table!) I’m certainly not proud of the yelling and I did apologize.

Still, as a writer, I can’t help but show you my parenting flaw, so you can see the artfully-crafted verse my daughter has written.

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