You are a beautiful, smart, funny young woman. You are taking college level courses and passing them without much effort. You are babysitting and earning some extra cash as you earn a good reputation with our church people. You are writing songs, writing stories, drawing pictures, and doing shows, and all of that in addition to reading all the books.
You are a good sister. You love your siblings and look after them. You like looking after the babies and you enjoy debating with your older brothers. You like playing with the little girls and you like making or buying the perfect gifts for all your siblings on their birthdays.
You are a good daughter. You love talking to your mom and watching shows with her on restful Sunday afternoons. You like me and enjoy bouncing ideas off of me when you're trying to gather your thoughts.
You are learning how to stretch yourself and how to increase the threshold of your limitations. You are going to more places, staying longer at them, and participating in them when you are there. It is fun to watch you having fun.
You love discovering new worlds and you enjoy the suspension of disbelief in order to better enjoy fictional worlds. You like story grip and gladly give yourself to it. When you are into something, you are really into it.
You take yourself seriously enough to know what you believe and why you believe it and you take yourself lightly enough to know what you like even when others are ribbing you for liking it. You know who you are and you know what you want. You are clear headed when it comes to categorical distinctions and when it comes to fantastical creations. You somehow keep all your increasing number of characters straight.
You love music. You like listening to music, singing songs, playing the guitar, playing the piano, and singing with your sister in perfect harmony. I love hearing you play the piano while I am working. I can you you through the floor creating new songs or trying to teach yourself to play a new song you heard during clean up time the night before.
You love to tell jokes and you like finding the wittiest way to say something. You have a good sense of humor and you like enjoying the humor of others. You have a good laugh and we all love it when you're having a good time.
Happy Sweet Sixteenth, Penelope!
May you continue to grow in wisdom, stature, and favor with God and with those around you.
So, here's to Penelope!
Love,
Dad
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