Square Peg, Square Hole

To my daughter,
This is my case in point. My case for doing what you want and not listening to anyone else. From the mind of the great Tom Waits.

"In the forest, there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. Every day, the straight tree would say to the crooked tree, 'Look at me… I’m tall, and I’m straight, and I’m handsome. Look at you… you’re all crooked and bent over. No one wants to look at you.' And they grew up in that forest together.
And then one day the loggers came, and they saw the crooked tree and the straight tree, and they said, 'Just cut the straight trees and leave the rest.' So the loggers turned all the straight trees into lumber and toothpicks and paper. And the crooked tree is still there, growing stronger and stranger every day.’”

Because my darling, you are a crooked tree. Crooked trees are born of two crooked trees and that my dear, is your heritage. Be grateful. No one can even see straight trees because there are so many, and they are meant for ordinary tasks.
xo