A Miracle

First Family Photo
Originally uploaded by K!Mberly.

It's such a joy to raise a child. I filled out the application for him to attend Maranatha High Schoolnext year. Here's what I wrote about him:

Tyler is most excited about the possiblity of playing football next year. Currently he is playing U16 basketball. He has an incredible memory which he has put to use in both classical guitar, theatre and language. (eg. search YouTube under “Singlish Security Lecture”). He is fluent in Chinese and excels in Art. He has an authentic relationship with the Lord. When choosing research topics, he always writes about the US Military and it’s history. He was a Class Monitor and Prefect in Elementary School (faculty appointed school leadership positions) and is on the Honor Roll at ICS. Tyler is an INTJ on the Meyers-Briggs and a high D on the DISC. He doesn’t understand what peer pressure is! Until 2005 he was the only caucasion in his schools of 1000 and he has seen being an outsider as an asset rather than liability. I expect that as a TCK, his year at Maranatha will be where he has to grapple with the feelings of being an outsider more than ever. In his last 1 ½ years at ICS, he has really grown in his character formation and maturity. He is adding kindness and sensitivity to his strong confidence and independence.

Time for Reflection

This year I learned to..
In walking with God, I grew most in…
Another way I saw myself growing was…
One of my best adventures was…
I saw/knew God was doing something when…
A real gift from God was…
Something I really enjoyed doing more of was…
One of the happiest memories I’d like to freeze in my mind…
I was really brave when…
Something God took from me this year was…
I’m still trying to learn what God wants to teach me through this hard experience…
The best word of advice or encouragement I can remember is…
Something I’m looking forward to in this new year…