Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I received two back to school photos of our granddaughter.  She's dressed head to toe in black with a purple backpack.  Shades of her mother in her Goth phase.  Though only 10, she looks older and she certainly has the will power and mind of a much older person.  I love it that she revels in her own beauty and mind and talents, and pray that puberty, when it really hits, doesn't undermine that confidence.  Her parents do all the right things to keep her creative and stimulated.  It's just I know the next few years are hard for kids, and hormones and social twists and turns are stressful.  Our culture is trying harder to make the environment for girls more relevant and supportive.  But we still have a long way to go.  I wish for her that she knows her strength and fights for what she wants.  Girl power!