Their Baby Girl Turned Out Exceptional

Their baby girl turned out exceptional Their baby girl is very exceptional Her script perfect She always had a book in her hand Reading every spare minute With a sponge like focus At craft fairs, for example She would hide under the table and read At funeral services and church She always brought a book She would always read, read For her birthday she wanted every episode Of Criminal Minds, she never wanted toys A book, or something stimulating her mind To her was gold She would also multitask her art Oils and knitting, all self taught and really good With her schoolwork And sports Swimming, karate and water polo She was the very best at what she did All through her schooling Every single day Every single day She never received a grade less than an A She was class valedictorian She was phenomenal, A swan that was always a swan And recently she completed her first semester At nursing school with a continued perfect record Of all A's, all advanced courses To me this is amazing If I'm beaming the answer is yes I spoke with, or should I say joked with the ex Whose genes did she inherent? Whose? Because It's neither of us We laughed, one of the few times we did I once wrote to my baby girl Nineteen now, yet she's still my baby I wrote to her a beautiful poem About a blossoming rose Growing to new heights, so elegant and beautiful Nurtured, loved and cultivated And she wrote back ... wherever they put me In life, emphasizing they, I'll blossom that's my promise I read her response over and over In my mind, shedding tears At her conviction, strong I got to thinking ... Her being uprooted earlier on in life Watching her parents divorce, being hurt as a child Having fears Spurted her growth, ambition and drive In my eyes it did Affecting her in a way that she carried A chip on her shoulder wanting to be the best Proving her parents made a mistake in abandoning her Just this past holidays, I can see a huge transformation in her It's really noticeable, unrecognizable She's matured faster than I wanted Maybe she's dating, dipping her wet feet But I see something different I don't know what it is She's not my baby anymore connie pachecho 1/10/17