tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post1247818600197053350..comments2023-10-03T18:30:42.773-05:00Comments on Meta Watershed: GINNY BATES: SPUDSMaggie Jochildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-69953191189953417992008-11-20T21:58:00.000-06:002008-11-20T21:58:00.000-06:00Yeah, I had daughter #1 get through her first year...Yeah, I had daughter #1 get through her first year of community college (including being named to the State of Washington Junior-College Defensive Team for Women's Soccer as a starter while a freshman.<BR/><BR/>Opposing players trembled when she came onto the field.<BR/><BR/>Boys trembled (and came) when she went on dates. But for different reasons. Heh.<BR/><BR/>Regardless, she left college after one year, put herself through beauty school, advanced training, and is now an increasingly well-regarded cutter in West Seattle in her second year out of school.<BR/><BR/>Daughter's 2 & 3 are sophmore and freshman down at Evergreen, a first rate Liberal Arts college, and doing well. They LOVE college.<BR/><BR/>Yes, it's the same Evergreen. *smiles*<BR/><BR/>Kids are different. What I have picked being a cutter for daughter #1? Nope. But I don't control her life. I'm sure my parents didn't have in mind my going into the military when I was very young. Yet, there I went. Kids are their own people, especially the oldest.<BR/><BR/>And so it goes.Jesse Wendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10933455966309012824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-43819049099248870442008-11-20T17:17:00.000-06:002008-11-20T17:17:00.000-06:00Yeah, and when I was a kid and being a pest, my mo...Yeah, and when I was a kid and being a pest, my mom would look wistfully into the distance and say something about "When you go AWAY to college."<BR/><BR/>Guess where I lived most of the way through college? Yup. At home.kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268308908367447768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-18238878842060601852008-11-20T14:26:00.000-06:002008-11-20T14:26:00.000-06:00When our daughter was growing up, fluctuating betw...When our daughter was growing up, fluctuating between being Bucky the Cowboy and the Sugar Plum Fairy, her mother and I joked "as long as she doesn't become a beautician, we'll be okay". Sure enough, at fifteen she came to me and announced she wanted to quit high school, go to cosmetology college and cut hair for a living. <BR/><BR/>Absolutely not. (Not that there's anything WRONG with that.)<BR/><BR/>But rigid limits are just begging to be tested...Maggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-80830699668714779002008-11-20T10:47:00.000-06:002008-11-20T10:47:00.000-06:001) 3-year-old daughter did halloween as a fairy pr...1) 3-year-old daughter did halloween as a fairy princess (her adamant choice). Her answer when asked at the door of candy-givers if she was an angel was always highly entertaining.<BR/><BR/>2) another baby?! here's hoping the nick won't be Sesame...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com