I asked Emma's mom to tell us a little story about her childhood. This is one of the best ones we've gotten from a parent. I laughed so hard and knew immediately before even meeting Emma that I would love her!
"When Emma was in Kindergarten, each student in class received a pile of buttons to sort. The teacher didn't tell them how to sort the buttons -- each child got to determine that. Most children sorted their buttons by color or by ones with holes and without holes. However, Emma's sorting looked a little different than the rest. When the teacher asked Emma how she was sorting her buttons, she said "Oh, that's simple. These are elegant buttons and these are casual buttons." That was an indicator of my future apparel merchandising major."
Isn't it cool how we are so uniquely made? Even back in kindergarten Emma already had a sense of who she was. I just love that.