My youngest daughter

Day #6: My youngest daughter, Elizabeth Chesney.
I call her Liz but most of the time Squirrel. I don't know why I call her Squirrel, it's just a nickname that I gave her years ago. She calls me "Coffee." She probably should be called "fun girl" because that is all she wants to do is have fun.

Definitely the most independent child that we have, Liz wants to do things her way whether she is right or wrong. One thing she definitely got from me is being self-sufficient. If she gets something on her mind that she wants to do she will try and figure out every way in the world to do it without asking anybody else. If she asks you to do something it's because she has attempted everything in her power to do it and wasn't able.

Our whole family is musically talented but I would venture to say that the Lord blessed Liz more than all of us put together. She can belt out a song at the drop of a hat. She has the natural ability to change keys or the tempo on a song while she is singing in a way that you would think it was just written like that. We gave her a guitar for her birthday last year and within a few days she learned how to play it all on her own! Within a week or so she was composing her own songs and singing and playing them.

Liz is a very loyal friend. She has several friends that she keeps up with and talks to every day. She would do anything in the world for each of them. She's already making plans to get her drivers license and a car so she can go wherever she wants and plans to do a lot of things with them.

Liz has a very vivid imagination. She makes up stories and writes books based on characters that she has created and spends a great deal of time detailing each one. It probably stems from her love of reading. If she's not talking on the phone or singing, she is most likely reading a book. Of course they are never her school books because she hates school and studying even though she is extremely smart.

Liz has a lot of little quirky things that makes me smile, like her love of using chopsticks to eat with. That girl can pick up anything with a pair of chopsticks and use them as good as I can use a fork. She also likes to talk in funny voices and joke around with everyone. She has a sense of humor unlike the rest of the family.

It's funny how my kids resemble my siblings and myself. Jess has a lot of the same traits as my big sister Pam had, Matt is a whole lot like me, and Liz is much like my younger sister Jennifer. Liz can be very outgoing and talk to anyone and she also can be very quiet and withdrawn. She has a very big heart and will do anything for you if you ask her.

One of the things that I greatly admire about Liz is how she can get up in front of everyone and sing with a huge smile on her face the whole time. She may not be feeling well and she may even have not wanted to get up and sing but you would never know it by the way she presents herself. I pray that she continues letting the Lord use her talents for His glory. I really think she could do great things for the cause of Christ.