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Mine is 13 currently. She started pulling away when she was 11. I was waiting to be the biggest moron she's ever met by now. Earlier this summer though, I took a week off from work. She didn't go into her regular summer camp and just wanted to stay home and be broody. So, I went outside and started cleaning out some trees (still cleaning up from Helene)
She came out to help. We started a fire together and kept pulling trees and branches from the yard, burned a big stack of firewood that got termites, She drove the lawnmower around pulling a wagon to gather stuff. She even drove my tractor for about three minutes before panicking and running it into a tree.
That week, something changed. She's now back to being a daddy's girl. We watched the world cup together, she asks to ride with me when I need to go run errands. She and her mom have mended and became closer again for some reason. It's been great to have my big girl back, and I pray it's not just temporary. My nine year old acts more like a teenager now than the teen does.