Awww, a guest blogger!

My daughter chose me as a subject for a report at school. . She gave me permission to post it but I will be removing some place names for those of you who are a bit TOO freaky 'bout the Patch :)

[My daughter's name]
November 12, 2009
B3
Win-Win Mentor
My Win-Win Mentor

My Win-Win Mentor is my mom Monica [last name removed]. She is 5'6 and has long red hair. Monica was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then when she was four she moved to [Hometown], UT, and later moved to [current location]. I think that she is a very strong, beautiful and opinionated person. Also she is a patient and very friendly. She can strike up a conversation with anyone, and tries to be positive even when she disagrees with people’s ideas or views. My mom attended [Unpleasant place] High School and had ambitions to become a Marine Biologist. Later she decided not to fulfill this dream because of all of the required traveling, and homesickness. However, she still loves Marine life. She loves to learn about the animals because it was a dream of hers.

My mom is a Win-win person because she tries to make everyone’s life better by compromise. She will try to find the best way to make everyone happy wherever she goes. One time we wanted to go on a vacation, and we had already been to Hawaii, but my dad loves it there. The rest of us wanted to do something different. We talked about it and she eventually decided to let us go back to Hawaii. But under the conditions that we would be able to visit a many of the sites we didn’t before. These included: the Sea life Park, Whale watching, and visiting the replica of a Buddhist temple. My dad agreed to let us go visit all of these places and they both won. My parents both got to go where they wanted and my sister and I got to see some really amazing sites. We all ended up really enjoying the trip, because of our parents being Win-Win.

I chose my mom as my mentor because I really look up to her; she is a very inspiring person. There are many qualities that she has that I think if I took them into my life it would
make it better. When I grow up I want to be like her because of her understanding, and patient nature. I think it would make me a more Win-Win person.

I'm very honored by my daughter's view of me and appreciate the filter her love for me, creates. I would like to be more like her. Maybe we can take the positive from each other. She certainly makes me proud.