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I recall most of my childhood as being little more than a waiting game for being an adult.

Sigh...at times I do think this is how she sees it. At least we are not a dysfunctional home...well, we try not to be, although we struggle with her. She is starting therapy soon and we are starting "parent management training" (I have mixed feelings about this!--but we'll see what it's like).

Old soul is seeming more accurate these days. She has been described that way a few times by people who know her in person, and for some reason I've resisted it, because in many ways she is whimsical--she still likes to pretend that there are fairies, etc. But she is becoming more self-aware, and then the old-soulness becomes more visible.