From the time Emmy was very small, it was obvious that she was very smart. Taught herself to read at an early age and simply devoured all kinds of books. I remember taking her to the library when she was 5 or 6 and the look in her eyes when she realized that she had access to ALL the books in the library!
Her first really substantial interest was dinosaurs. This started when she was about 2 1/2 years old. It was incredible. She wanted to learn about every type of dinosaur (who knew there were so many?). She played with dinosaurs instead of dolls. Her younger sister would just fall into step behind her. As they got older, they would play together for hours and hours. I felt so blessed to have these 2 girls who could get along so well together.
Emmy's next interest was horses. She attended a horse camp with a very unique instructor. For the next couple of years we learned about all of the different horses and Emmy began writing detailed stories about horses and drawing horses. She took riding lessons for a couple of years and they were of great benefit to her in learning mental and physical toughness. Her instructor left and Emmy's interest began to wane. It was time to move on.
It was around this time that Emmy started to show an even greater aptitude for writing and drawing. Never being the "girly" type, she somehow was introduced to Pokemon and Naruto (DS games) and the whole world of Manga (Japanes graphic novels). Again, she shows us that her interests and abilities are amazing, yet different. As you can imagine, sometimes finding others who can "appreciate" her interests can be challenging, and sometimes, those who have similar interests may not be the best influences. This is where it all starts to get alot more complicated for my precious daughter.
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