Report Card

Marissa got her progress report yesterday. We are so proud of her! She got three A's and two B's. Way to go Marissa!!!! I was so nervous when I looked in her backpack and saw that all to familiar yellow envelope. I pulled the envelope out and stared at it for a moment then I reached inside as my heart sank. I knew whatever I was going to find was going to tell us of her progress, in black and white. I opened the paper and did a double take, then I started to tear up. I called Marissa out to the front room and with a stern voice I said " Are you aware of what is in your backpack?" She looked at me with a puzzled face and said "NO". Then I said "Your report card", "How do you think you did?" I said while holding the paper, with my hands on my hips trying to hold back the tears. She said with a sad face " I don't no!" I couldn't take it anymore and said " MARISSA get over here"!!! She came over not knowing what to expect. I gave her a hug and told her I was so proud of her and told her how well she did. Then she filled me in on how much money we owed her for getting good grades. I laughed then thought to myself , Why is it children can remember things like that but can't remember when we tell them to do something like clean their room or pick up their dirty clothes or dirty dishes. It's a mystery! ( Yea, right!!!) Then we called Grandma and Pa-Pa to tell them the exciting news. They where proud of her too.