My Very Own American Teen-Ager

My daughter participated in a drama competition last week-end. She and her drama partner did well. In fact, they received a perfect score. Excited for her, I began to talk about the next step of the competition which will take place in Chicago. How exciting to be on the cusp of 15, to be able to do something she enjoys, and to get to do it in Chicago with her best friend!

"Are you kidding?" she asked. "I was bored out of my mind at the first competition."

I was dumbfounded. "But there were hundreds of other high school students there! Your BFF was there! You got to be on a college campus and now you get to go to Chicago!"

"No way am I going, " she countered. "I got almost no phone reception all day and then my phone died so I couldn't even surf the Internet or talk to my friends at home."

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You can be certain that when I think of a good response, I'm going to text it to her.