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my little sass monster

Sophia. My biggest challenge. The one who is most like me out of all 4 of my kids. She is super smart, very compassionate about things she cares about. She does not back down. Most times when I look at her , even when her head is spinning , I am so incredibly proud of the strong person that she is. Other times I just want to and hunker down and cry. Its hard folks. Its hard to reprimand someone who is just like you.I get her feelings and sometimes she doesn't always know how to deal with them, Hell, neither do I! I  too,am a very strong willed person.  We feel everything x's a thousand. We love with everything we have . I am fiercely loyal if I love you. When we are betrayed or hurt , it is worse than a death. We are dramatic.Most people love us but we are a rather hard breed and don't really let people in too close. If we do, you are something special.
We had a zoo outing today. I am a troop leader for her Girl scout troop.I love that I can do this with her,I LOVE all of my girls in my troop and love that I have gotten to know them so well . Our little troop kicked butt in cookie sale and one of the things we chose to do was go to the Zoo. We had a great day and learned a lot and saw a lot.
      And then there is Sophia. Nothing out of the norm. Just her will to do as she wants , fearless and hard headed. After all is said and done and we are home settled on the couch, After hours of traffic , an RV fire, and a bad accident , we make it home safe and sound.
She is sitting next to me . She has the biggest shit eating grin on her face and says " Hey, you know all that not listening today ?  All that sass? " I say " yes.. why?" She says"Well it was all a joke, It wasn't real." I just stared at her. Part of me wanted to scream and lock myself in the bathroom . The other part of me is like , this kid is a freaking genius. Who says that ?? Who gets away with that? How do you respond to that ? I just stared at her . I had nothing . She stumps me and my quick witted mouth more than anyone on the planet. Touche` you little sass monster, touche`. This is the same child who will yell at me during one of her fits and scream" I LOVE YOU OK??" while I am  attempting to put her in her place. WTF! what do you say to that ? She's a master mind! She's not fighting fair.  She is so my daughter.
This is her latest tactic. She leaves notes for me. I find them after she's sleeping , so again she gets the last word. This says : Dear mom, Its all because of you. with a smiley face with tears shooting out of its eyeballs. They were sent to bed after rolling on floor and fighting. SO she did not get to do her "sister sleepover with Cynthia, the teenager.

And this one. I asked her to go to beach. She prefers the pool. Her response was " I will go, IF you give me this hat... for keeps" 
And this one. Dressed up for a very fancy day and she is climbing the mast of a ship and shouting commands to her crew below her. She is me, balled up into this little person who doesn't see she is doing anything wrong other than being passionate, and handling her shit.

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