I can do hard things!

Maddie has the coolest piano teacher ever.  (And no, I don't teach her).  Her teacher had her write a song to enter in Reflections at school.
Maddie hated writing it.  It was a battle to get it done, but she did it and entered it, and won!  We got to go to a small awards ceremony where Maddie decided maybe it wasn't so bad after all and that she would do it again next  year.  (And she got a check for $8.  We giggled about that for a while).