First love

21 July 2016: I got to spend some time today with my 12-year-old niece who is currently embroiled in her first "I like you/do you like me?/Yes, I do!" with a boy in her class. Today she showed me some online correspondence between them--a lot of hyperbole, bad grammar, and emoji. It's a little surreal (she's growing up!), a little scary (hope she doesn't get hurt), but also very sweet and cute. And I love that she feels like she can talk to me about it.