Creative Conformity

I have a lovely daughter, who is a lovely mess, for every rule you give her, she will have to test. She’s always just inside the lines or balanced on the top. She loves to challenge all the rules to see how they will flop. My favorite of her hurdles was the school uniform, and she was delighted to best this strict form of norm. A uniform would be an insult to her fashion sense. As her mother, I suspected the rules would soon be mince. She wore exactly what they said: khakis, belt, white top. You've probably guessed, though thusly dressed she did not stop. Smiling like an actress in a play, she wore a striped scarf with red beret. Her belt was wide and trendy, her shoes, black boots to knee. A voguish olive blazer was her “coat.” Stylishly outfitted and with the rules outwitted, the books she carried seemed a lighter tote... The "book bag," after all, was a fabulous new purse! and... Her creative conformity sent the principal to the nurse. There is something to be learned here, as I reflect on this bright girl. Without the rules before them, there’d be no rebels in the world. 11/2/2018