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KAITLYN  SHE IS TWELVE AND GROWING UP FAST

KAITLYN, SHE IS TWELVE YEARS OLD NOW, IN THE SEVENTH GRADE, AND GROWING UP FAST:
IT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES FOR PARENTS, AND A CHALLENGING TASK:
                CELL PHONE AND FRIENDS, TEXING AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND FACE BOOK ARE MOST IMPORTANT:
                THEY LOVE TO TALK AND TALK TO THERE--BFF--BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, ABOUT EVERYTHING, AND ANYTHING, TRIVIAL OR TERRIFIC,FOR HOURS AND HOURS ON END AND RANT:
THEY BECOME MUCH MORE QUIET, AND START ACTING KINDA COOL:
THEY ARE PRE TEEN, AND START QUESTIONING THE RULES:
                  FOR A PARENT, IT IS CHALLENGING AND HARD, TO ACCEPT WHEN YOUR CHILD BECOMES MORE INDEPENDENT, AND WANTS TO DO THINGS ON THERE OWN:
                   A PARENT FEELS HURT, DESERTED, AND ALONE:
BEING TWELVE, AND IN THE SEVENTH GRADE, A LITTLE LIP GLOSS AND PERFUME, SHE IS STARTING TO USE:
AS HER GRANDPA, I STILL SEE HER AS THET LITTLE GIRL, CARRYING AROUND HER ART SHOE  BOX, WHEN SHE WAS IN HER TWOS:
                  HER LONG  BEAUTIFUL BROWN HAIR, BEFORE SHE JUST PUT IT IN A PONY TAIL, AND THREW IT BEHIND HER HEAD, SHE DIDNT CARE:
                   BUT NOW SHE GETS UO EARLY, COMBING AND COMBING HER BEAUTIFUL HAIR, GETTING PREPARED:
I THINK AS A FATHER, AND A GRANDPA, HAVING A DAUGHTER IN THE SEVENTH GRADE, IT IS CHALLENGING THE MOST:
BECAUSE YOU DONT WANT TO LET THEM GO ON THERE OWN, AND GET HURT, YOU WANT TO PRESERVE THERE INNOSENSE, PROTECT AND GUARD THEM,AND KEEP THERE HEART SAFE, AND HOLD THEM CLOSE:


  
08  NOVEMBER  2015:
BY:JOHN D. JUNGERS:


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KAITLYN SHE IS TWELVE AND GROWING UP FAST