Introduction from her mother

Hello, I have a 9-year old daughter named Madeline. She is sometimes known as Maddie, Mad, Mad-Pie, Margaret, Margarita Jones, and her own moniker of choice :: Officer Anti-Panties.

It seems like Madeline has written out stories (and comic books) ever since she picked up a pencil. And I feel that it is obvious when you meet her that she is in love with stories and creating. One day her older sister was working on a poetry project for school. Madeline was so inspired that she went off to create her own work. She provided us with a poem that was so interesting (see above) that her older sister challenged her to write yet another, but on the topic that was for her own school project, "jealousy". Madeline returned a few moments later with the requested poem in hand (see above)

The second poem, like the first, hit me like a ton of bricks. In my own humble opinion it was clear that Madeline had a talent of sorts. As the days have passed I have also noticed that Madeline has this amazing ability to express herself on paper when sometimes her actions and words fall short. Let's just say "the child is easily frustrated with the humans around her" is an understatement. I cannot tell you how many times she has started her rant with "You people"... but I digress.

Anyway, so lately I have requested for Madeline to write me a poem when I notice that she is starting to become irritated in order to fend off the frustration at bay. Or sometimes I ask her to write one just for the fun of it to see what she might produce.

I decided to start a blog on her behalf so that we can keep an online journal of her writings organized and at the same time offer them for others to read. I personally hope that this is the start to a wonderfully creative life that is overflowing with future published works as her mind is so worth sharing.

The title of each blog is the subject that she has been asked to write about... or that she has chosen to write about. We hope you love it as much as we do. And the photos in the blog are at most times, courtesy of her older sister Fiona.