A Letter To My Daughter

Dear Little one,

From the day you were conceived I knew you were destined for greatness.

From the very beginning, you have shown great tenacity and determination.

Always keen to do things yourself from putting your clothes on yourself even when your hands were too small and head too big to get your clothes through; you would insist.

Fail you would but it never stopped you from trying again. This has continued in so many ways.

From a very young age, you have always taken to drawing and painting. Your drawings showed so much imagination and intuition. Every day you would keep busy with whatever paper you could lay your hands on.

The day I saw your work on full display was the proudest day of my life. You have in such a short time achieved what I have been trying to achieve all my life.

I know this is just the beginning for you and the stars would always remain your limit.

This photo is the road sign designed using my daughter's entry into a road safety competition organized by the Borough of Poole promoting safety in a school zone.

Being just 4 years old at the time and still in foundation I felt she was a bit too young so I tried to get my older daughter to create a picture but she was not very keen and wanted to do something else.

Try as I could I couldn't persuade her to be interested.

Her baby sister who was sitting there seemed so keen and I decided to let her try after listening carefully to my description of what was needed she went ahead and stunned me with her imagination and creativity.  

I was not the only one who was impressed by her work because I work ended up being selected and has been adorning the road to her school since 2016.

Well done lil one!