Snowflake Challenge #12.

[pattrose]

Challenge #12
Tell Us about a Personal Win.







I have written more Sentinel fic in 2023, than I ever have before. It’s because I joined Fandom Empire and I’ve been going wild since. So I’m happy about that.

A very personal win for me is we adopted our granddaughter 10 years ago. She is getting ready to graduate in May and off she will go to college. She’s taking IT courses and we are so proud of her. She turned into a lovely young lady. We’re very grateful to her parents who saw they weren’t capable of raising her and handed her over to us at 8 years old. Sad story but she persevered and is doing everything she had wanted to. It’s going to be a proud moment for us all. This is a picture of Sam.

Comments

[turps]

This is such a great post.

TS was one of my first fandoms and while I've been out of it for a long time, it feels like I've seen your name around for a long time now. So it's great you're still enjoying writing for the show <3

And that's such a wonderful personal win. You should be proud, your granddaughter sounds like she's a fantastic person.

[pattrose]

I’ve been writing for 25 years now. But I read all sorts of fandoms. And Sam is a wonderful child who never gave us any grief. She’s been in our lives since birth so it seemed to be the proper thing to do. Hubby and I are 72. She made us feel younger than we are.

[siberian_skys]

Sam is lovely. You should be proud for stepping-up and raising her. I was adopted as an infant, I don't think parents who adopt get near the credit they deserve.

[pattrose]

Thank you so much.

[siberian_skys]

You're welcome.

[kitarella_imagines]

How wonderful, I've got a tear in my eye now. What a good thing you've done in the world 🥰

[pattrose]

Thank yo.

[cornerofmadness]

Oh my, she is lovely. I hope she achieves her dreams and congrats to your family for being the family she needs

[pattrose]

Thank you so much.

[musyc]

Yay fic!

And yay for Sam! Love that hair color.

[pattrose]

Thank you so much. We all loved that color on her.

[smallhobbit]

That is a truly awesome win - one you should be very proud of!

[pattrose]

Thank you so much.

[brumeier]

Kudos on all the Sentinel fic, and Uber-Kudos for giving your granddaughter a better chance in life! \o/

My aunt did the same for her grandson, and it made all the difference. Not easy, for sure, but so worthwhile. Congrats to all of you!

[pattrose]

Thank you. She’s a very motivated child so that helped a lot.

[aadler]

Win. Win. And win.

[pattrose]

I agree. Thank you.

[tsuki_no_bara]

congrats to your granddaughter! and congrats to you for getting her this far. that's a really lovely pic of her and her hair is fabulous.

[pattrose]

Isn’t it cute? I have a friend who tells her to stop coloring her hair. I told Sam to ignore her. We love her hair.

[lightbird]

What a beautiful photo. She is a lovely young woman.

She is so lucky to have you.

[pattrose]

Thank you. We feel lucky and blessed to have her in our lives. She's a gem.

[mxcatmoon]

Congrats on 2023 being your biggest year for Sentinel fic! It's great that you're having having fun with the writing.

Pretty girl. I like her hair color. My utmost respect to all the grandparents who step up when they were needed.

[pattrose]

It's really sad how many have to step up and do this. BUt we were happy to. And she is truly a gem. :)

[shaddyr]

Congrats on the writing, that's wonderful.

And WHOO! So much congrats for your lovely granddaughter and all the work that goes into raising a child. And good for her parents too - that is a hard, hard thing to admit you can't do it and give a child up to someone else's care so they can have a better life. So amazing - so happy for you!

[pattrose]

Thank you very much. I've been blessed when it comes to her. She's a gem.

[svgurl]

Congrats on the writing!

Also, that's wonderful about your granddaughter. Congrats to her and you both! What amazing people you are to step up like that and kudos to her for not only persevering but succeeding as well. Best of luck to her in college! I Love her hair color - it's so pretty. :D

[pattrose]

We love her hair too. Shes very sweet. We feel blessed.