A while ago — way back when Tessa was walking 2.5 mi home from German kindergarten every day — she started listening to a podcast called “Story Pirates.” They take stories written by children and turn them into fully produced radio stories. (Think old timey radio where there was the guy at the other microphone with the slide whistle and the cow bell and the coconuts for horse hooves.)
One day Tessa asked to write a piece to send in. We hemmed and hawed for awhile because we didn’t want her to be disappointed not hearing her story on the radio. (How many submissions must they get everything day!?) Eventually the grownups relented — for the fun of it, we emphasized.
Well, color me surprised when I got a response from the podcast written directly to Tessa!
She was ecstatic! (And fully rubbed it in my face that I had told her they’d be too busy and inundated with submissions to respond in any way. They’ve made a loyal listener out of me now!)
We’re really proud of Tessa, that she knew what she wanted to create and went for it!
Magrilless 
Awesome! So proud of Tessa for writing, and of Maggie for running 5k! They both tackled something big, and succeeded. Makes me wish I’d had parents like you… T
Awwww! That is wonderful! We are so proud of Tessa!