12 Going on 13

It was absolutely delightful to have brunch with Y and Missy at Gather. It has been many many months since we met IRL. Missy has completed an academic milestone. She has diligently done her studies and revision for the year, and has sat for her Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). It's all written in the stars and left in the hands of God now. We'll know how she fares come end November when the results are released and the secondary schools available to her are chosen. 

Missy is a well-adjusted girl and will do fine in any school her grades take her to. She will pass the PSLE well. It's all a matter of how many points she will score in a results-aggregated national examination. Her parents aren't obsessed over her grades to the minute detail; she has been raised to value many more things above grades. At 12 and a little bit more, Missy is rather sensible, a tad more mature than others of her age. Obviously I have no part to play in contributing to this milestone. But I'm just as proud of her as any Aunt is. Wooohooo. 

Now that she has turned 12, she has shed all traces of 'baby-ness'. She's really into fencing, and she's got opinions and a fairly solid head on her shoulders with a huge dose of common sense. I enjoy our conversations. A budding teenager we have. Awwww, she's truly turning out to be a fine young lady. She handed me a card. She thanked me (again) for the flowers sent in September to wish her well for the exams. Tehehehehe. She said she had turned them into dried flowers. Awwwww. Little girls are soooo thoughtful. This one understands the meaningful gestures of snail mail and handwritten cards. Long may she carry it with her.