My goodness, you’ve grown.

Padme:  ”Ani? My goodness, you’ve grown.”
Anakin:  ”So have you, grown more beautiful… for a senator, I mean.”
Padme:  ”Ani, you’ll always be that little boy I knew on Tatooine.”
Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones

Today, Padawan Learner signed up to be a volunteer at our local nature center as part of their Youth Volunteer Group, which is run at the same time as their homeschooling classes for younger children. When I told him about it, he was interested but wanted to know more about what he would be doing. While it would have been easy for me to send out a quick email, I knew that it would mean more for him to find out for himself.

So I drove us out to the nature center after lunch today. Once we got there, he went about asking for the homeschooling program director and getting the information he wanted. It was, well, just so nice seeing him take charge of making this decision. He listened to what she said, asked a few questions, and decided to sign on to volunteer once a month.

I couldn’t be prouder.

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