My daughter, Violette, is 10 years old today. I’m not with her right now to celebrate, because I’m up in Canada, but we celebrated a bit early. But today is the big day, and I wanted to mark it.
The best parts of knowing Violette is that she is a very accomplished manga artist. She is very funny. Her sense of humor is equal parts sublime like a British comic and also outrageous like Andy Kaufman. She is a daring foodie, and eats all kinds of interesting and fun things like sushi and vegetables, and all kinds of foods I don’t predict many 10-year-olds are into.
She loves reading and reads very fast. I’ve seen her finish a book and a half in a single day, and I’m talking chapter books here.
Violette, when you get to be 18, I hope you look back and think about the good stuff, the bad stuff, the weird stuff of this year and your 10 years so far, and realize that you are loved, that you have a voice in the process, and that you’re going to do and be so much on this planet. I love you.
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