Are You Kidding Me?

You see, today is Abby's SIXTEENTH birthday.

I Know. Sixteen. Shut up.

She's a good kid. In fact, she's pretty freaking awesome. She's a good sister, a steady B student (except in performing arts of any kind, when it's all As all the time), a person who is aware of her privilege and lifts others up, a helpful
classmate, an energetic performer, a natural comic, a decent artist,
fun to be around, an excellent storyteller, kind, funny, reliable, and sweet. That's how most of her fellow performers describe her - energetic and sweet - and one of the leads in her last show said she is "the best damn extra ever."

Oh, I know she's not perfect. Her room is stupid messy, she never sees things that need doing around the house, she picks at her sister and gets offended when sister gets tired of it, and avoids helping by playing with grandma's cat.

But she's SIXTEEN. That's normal.

And it's awesome.