Stories of friends or family you are proud of?

[Nigeyy]

Wow, I got taken aback a bit today and had a bit of a lift today. I received an email from the head of my teenage daughter's school, including a forwarded message from another parent at the school.

My daughter and her friend have been sitting at the lunch table of kid whose only friend was sick that week, and has language difficulties and is from a different culture -from the forwarded email, his mother was incredibly grateful and it really made a difference to the kid. They'd taken the time to make sure he wasn't sitting alone.... I had no idea, and to be really honest, my daughter can be a bit of a handful at times.

I am so proud of my daughter -and I feel for all the little tussles we can have (she does not like to get up in the mornings!!) -my wife and I are at least doing something right, and my daughter has shown some compassion and empathy. I'm just so proud of her, particularly in light of recent political developments over here.

Anybody else got any good stories to share?

 

[Hill Wimp]

That's a lovely post @Nigeyy


@Smithbat I think you may have something to add.

 

[Smithbat]

I do indeed @Hill Wimp

My daughter Flossie is 17, when I split from her biological father I was 23 and 6 weeks pregnant with her, and I was told over and again that I was ruining my life and that I would end up in a grotty flat on a sink estate. Flossie would never amount to anything and would basically probably be on drugs or pregnant by the time she was 15.

This is where the pride bit comes in, as I said in a post earlier, sometimes I could drop kick her across a room as she drive me mental, but then I get emails like this from her school where she is currently studying for her A Levels.

Dear Parent/Carer

I am pleased to say that your daughter has a flawless record on our behaviour system during this term. Although we expect students to hand work in on time and bring the correct equipment to lessons, we recognise the fact that sometimes this goes without being praised. I am sure you will join me in congratulating Flossie on this achievement.

Kind regards


Mr Teacher
Head of Year 13

She is predicted B's for her A-Levels and has been offered a place to do a Dual BA Honours at a Russell Group University. She also volunteers in Guiding and at a Charity shop. Last night was our District Chrstingle Service for GirlGuiding in my area. I have been a Leader in Guiding for 22 years so Flossie has never known anything different. I asked her to find a reading to do and this is what she found....

When you are a leader's kid, you have a different view
Of all the things you learn, and all the things you do

You need to be an example, of how every Guide should be
And sometimes it gets tough, and I want to just be me

You try out all the crafts, way ahead of time
And if they run out of materials, the unfinished one is mine

Meeting Night is crazy, we get here way ahead
And by the time we get home, the other Guides are in bed

You go to every camp, and on every extra trip
But when it comes to attention, you feel like you get gypped

I learned in Brownies to share, but what they didn't mention
Was when you share your mother, you also share her attention

The other girls get excited, on the night their mothers come
But my mum can't sit beside me, she's got a meeting to run

She has to be everyone's leader, not just mine alone
But she's always here on Monday, who'll do it if she stays home?

I'm glad my mother can make the time, to plan the crafts and learn the songs
And even though it's hard to share her, we still can get along

So thank you Mum for being here, it fills my heart with pride
To see you working every week, even when I'm not by your side

Because of you, we all have a place, to go and have some fun
Our leaders have taught us many things, and I'm glad that you've been one

You won't always be my leader, there'll be others just like you
And when my kid's a Girl Guide, I'll be her leader too.

Cue tears from many of the adults and my heart so full of pride and emotion I thought I might burst. I am very lucky to have her and I love her more than I ever thought possible.

 

[Nigeyy]

Wow, that is great, you should be really proud, of her and yourself!!!!

I do indeed @Hill Wimp
...
Cue tears from many of the adults and my heart so full of pride and emotion I thought I might burst. I am very lucky to have her and I love her more than I ever thought possible.

 

[Piemaster]

My daughter never left the school during lunchtimes. Nothing much in that really other than one of her friends has brittle bones so wasn't allowed off the school grounds anyway, so she wasn't going to leave her on her own. They are still firm friends now.
She also wrote a moving posthumous 'thank you' to the Headteacher on her facebook page. I hope that if the Headteacher had read it, and a good few others she would have realised how loved and wanted she was, and perhaps changed the decision to end her own life.

 

[Smithbat]

Wow, that is great, you should be really proud, of her and yourself!!!!

I am indeed very very proud of her x

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

I'm very proud indeed of my wife's niece. She appeared to be going nowhere at school and doing very little after she'd left. Then out of the blue she takes us all by surprise by joining the Royal Navy. The transformation in her confidence even after just the basic training was huge and she's gone from strength to strength. She must be getting on for ten years now serving Queen and Country.

 

[Hill Wimp]

What a great thread.

I am sure there are a few more example out there

 

[Sandra6]

I think that's really sweet what your daughter and her friend did @Nigeyy What's even nicer is that she didn't think to make a big deal of it, that shows it was -to her - a normal thing to do. You should be proud.