My little mystic

So, my youngest is a bit spacey. Honestly? She's a lot spacey. For the last six years (well, for part of that she was a baby) it would not be unusual to walk past her, lying on the floor, staring at the ceiling or out the window. Half an hour later, you'd pass her again and she'd still be there and you'd say, "Whatcha doin?" And the reply would always be, "Nuthin. Just thinkin."

Her father and I were hoping she'd grow up terribly good-looking, out of necessity.

Turns out the kindergarten teacher is all buggy-eyed over her abilities. My little cloudy-head is very clever. Now she writes all the time, albeit with little regard to the inclusion of those pesky vowels, but still. What's sort of funny is that she keeps producing the same piece of artwork over and over again, independent of anything they've talked about at school (I checked.)

She folds a piece of paper in half lengthwise and on the outside, draws a circle filled in with blue and green. Under this, she writes - the Rth - "the earth" in Rianne-ese. Inside is always the same message -

We had her antennae cropped, but now I'm thinking we might shouldn't have.

I will, Trish.

I showed one to her teacher and she said it started in the week before Thanksgiving when the kids were asked to think of what they were thankful for. I can't tell if my daughter is hugely generous or hugely lazy.

Yeah the pattern thing is very cool. They always seem so pleased, like they've been let in on some big secret. I guess, in a way, they have.

KTC said:

This means she remembered a lot of the stuff that babies are conditioned to forget upon entering the new body. She is holding onto it by sitting and thinking and by writing these slips. Encourage it...the grasp is tenuous. This life will slowly take its hold...you'll want her to remember as much as she can. Mystics are very powerful in their ability to remember as every other baby practices forgetting.

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Thanks, Kevin. She's straddling the worlds beautifully just now - being kind and largely reasonable without straying out of earshot from her drummer.

I think I like this best about her. Plus, it means we can eat out at nice restaurants without her causing a scene.