DQ has always been resistant to handwriting. She is terrified of making mistakes in almost all aspects of her life. And I thought I was a perfectionist. Oi. But in the past couple of weeks she has been making 'gifts' for a friend of hers. Last night she wrote out her friend's name on an envelope all on her own with her coming to me to find out how to spell her name. She had already written the first 2 letters. I was shocked! And then when I named the next 2 letter she disappeared and wrote them. Then when she came back she realized she had run out of space for the last letter but was OK with making it a smaller letter to fit in the tiny space that was left. Wow. I'm impressed. The letters were totally correct too.
And besides that she made a wonderful drawing of a tree with roots and then dictated the story for me to write.
It's amazing what can happen when you don't push and just try to live your life. I'm working on making a rhythm for our days. So far it's mostly in my head, but I'm making progress.
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