Can pride be stifled?
My daughter came home from a day of hanging with friends, dressing up, snagging some free candy to tell me that she had made it to the top 8 for Homecoming Queen. I starting giggling and pride swelled up in me until she gave me a look that said it all. She has no intention of participating in this most memorable of high school events. You see, she is not an attention grabbing kind of person. She doesnt wear makeup, would rather be in jeans and a Tshirt, and really could care less about being voted as a representative of her school. I tried to explain that she should be proud, that her classmates had bestowed on her an honor, tho I wouldnt really know because I was never nominated for this type of thing. And now at a time when I should be driving back from dropping her off at school, on a day that most girls would be acting extremely "girly" on, I am still trying to get her to to even GO to school. During our conversation last evening, I asked if any of the boys were her friend or that she liked that she would consider walking out on the field with. She let me know right quick that all the guys on the ballot were either "JOCKS OR JERKS", and that she was going to ask them to take her name off the ballot. WHAT?? But I respect her wishes and at a time that I would normally be getting kinda "girly" myself about it, I understand that this is not something I need to force upon her. She is a beautiful young woman that is always kind and smiling but that also can speak her mind and stand up for herself. I guess I should be more proud of THAT, than of some popularity contest that is really only embarrassing her. Should I insist she go to school today knowing that it will be a day of anxiety and embarrassment? I think not. I should be more proud of her the way she is. ...Although, it would be kinda funny to see her win and then decline it as she stands there in her jeans, Nine Inch Nails Tshirt, and flip-flops telling them " y'all run with it....have fun" (her words last night) 
I guess pride cant be stifled because I am more proud of her now more than ever.
I guess pride cant be stifled because I am more proud of her now more than ever.
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Good for her. I used to look forward the Homecoming because I got to tool the hotties around the field in the grandparent's(to be mine someday) cherry '55 Thunderbird, afterwards hitting the strip. It would make quite the yearbook photo for her to go not dressed up. What's the verdict?Posted 11-10-2007 at 12:14 PM by John R
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