Starling Thriving

Little Starling is thriving in kindergarten. 

Thriving! (Twice I must say thriving. And in paragraphs all their own even!) 

I was so worried about sending her. I prayed over it every day of the past year! She just would not speak to anyone other than her family. I don't know that she ever said a word to her primary teachers. It would usually take a day or two when Abe would return from college for her to speak to him. She wouldn't talk to Goldie on her FaceTime calls. I was just so worried about how she would do off at school without me. 

But you would never guess it now. 

She has just let her guard down and become bolder and more confident in everything. 

It's miraculous really. 

She talks now to everyone she needs to talk to, sounds out and writes small words with no prompting, counts proudly to the highest numbers, says prayers out loud with the family (something she would never do before), and is determined to learn every other thing as well (for example she decided it was time to ride a "pedal bike" as she calls it and practically demanded Mette teach her [and it really was Mette that did it!]). (And of course she still crafts like a tiny champion.)

It's just so fun seeing her confidence, interest in learning, and determination take off so dramatically! And to see her living up to her name: a little bird that thrives in any environment she finds herself in.