Marvelous Miriam

. . .has a new job, too!

Miriam did so well last year as a summer teen volunteer at the library that they were waiting for her to turn fourteen so they could hire her as a page. There was one opening earlier in the year, just after her birthday, but that didn't pan out. The librarian in charge of pages did ask Miriam to keep her application on file, and they called her back a couple of weeks later to ask about an opening that was coming available in July.

Okay, so what they meant was that they would start the hiring process in July, and we spent several hours one day the last week she was here running back and forth between the high school and the library: pick up the work permit from the school, take it to the library to get the work section completed, back to the high school to get the counselor's signature/permission to work, stop by the bank to open an account for direct depositing her paychecks, return to the library to turn in all the paperwork, . . .and then wait for the central office to give their okay to add Miriam to the payroll and start orientation. With the traveling she's been doing (NC & Boston, MA) with Shannon and her sibs, orientation has been scheduled for this week.

I am delighted that, in spite of the energy I may expend at times getting the kids to do their chores around the house, they have picked up a work ethic that has them in demand in the world at large. Miri-chan, I'm glad you're my girl!

BTW-I looked for a picture to post with this note, and I think Miriam is more camera-shy than Samuel. She's just quiet about it, so we don't realize that she's dodging the spotlight! But then she came in to get Liza for church, and I was able to grab a quick picture. Isn't she turning into a real beauty?!