Love this photo so much of #princess2015la, at 4yo.
Today, now 7yo, she walked in and said, “Grandma, I have to do a book chapter. I have no time for sitdown snacks.”
Then, spread out on the table in the library are various pages, with headings. She is writing a book on composting, recycling, reusing, and renewing.
I made a quick snack of scrambled egg, cheese on pandesal with coconut water.
She is so excited, she keeps asking me for the correct spellings of nutrients, add, compost, author, illustrator.
Gosh, I love her inner motivation, focus, attention and smarts.
I credit her parents who, despite their busy jobs, take time outdoors to camp with her, and more.
We named her immediate family members and counted them. I said, wow you are loved by more than a dozen folks. She corrected me, “Grandma, no, if you include those in Mexico, hundreds love me.” It is paying off that she knows she is surrounded with love.
She likes to introduce herself as Mexican.
“But what about your mom who is Filipina?”
And if you include me, Grandpa and my mom and dad, we are all Filipinos and on my side, my mom and dad have Chinese origins in them, so you are 1/2 Mexican, 1/2 Filipino and even Chinese.
She likes knowing that she is many ethnicities and likes eating Mexican, Filipino and Chinese food. Her parents also bring her up knowing friends of diverse backgrounds.