Dear Dragon,
This past year has felt so fast, and you’re growing so much emotionally and intellectually. It leaves me in awe and makes me so proud. We’ve spent the past year closer to home without any big trips. We did go to a bunch of conventions. You’ve become extremely helpful during them. You’re helping with set up, tear down, and you’ve even started selling a little.
This year you’ve:
- Did really well at school, your favourite subjects were math, music, and dance
- Cooked several meals as head chef (you have a great instinct for flavours)
- Really improved in piano and even performed your first concert at the school talent show
- Played Clue with your mom and even came close to winning
- Had a huge reading leap and are reading full novels now
- Read mine and mom’s complete catalogue of books (not the pen name stuff)
- Were diagnosed with ADHD and Gifted like your mum and I
There have been some hard times, fights with friends, and frustrations on understanding why people do things. I wish I could help, but I find so much of human interactions confusing. We’re in the process of getting you assessed for autism (again like your mum and I) and that could explain some of last years frustrations with friends but it could just be the randomness of kids. Either way, I understand. All last year’s angst seems to have been washed out over the summer, so that’s a good thing.
I’m consistently impressed by your mind and strength of personality. You are so good at seeing patterns in stories, puzzles, and games. You are getting better and better at guessing the end of a mystery. You also stand up for what you think is right. We’ve had other parents say that you’ve been a good influence on their kids.
It’s hard to get you to bed or to whatever is the next thing we need to do because I love talking with you so much.
You have some bad moments; you get angry/snippy when hungry and really rude when you’re stressed, but that’s just with us not with others. It’s something to work on but I’m not as worried as I once was.
We talked about IQ the other day and I told you that what is more important is: kindness, knowledge, and curiosity. You embody these three in most of your interactions.
I love you so much little Dragon!
Your Papa