Still learning

This week is Spring Break. I started the break by taking my older daughters to a Manga Convention in Evansville, Indiana, called Eville Con. Good Christian mother that I am, I was pretty sure that the hail and lightening store which accompanied our five hour drive were a commentary from above- said with genuine fear in my heart.
However, the rest of the trip was great, and enlightening.
My oldest child dances to the beat of her own drummer. We don't have much in common, but she seems to have a good head on her shoulders, it's just full of imagery from fantasy books, whereas I always spent my time thinking of my future family (read that as baby obsessed).
When we got to Evillecon, all of a sudden, my daughter's unique way of expressing herself, all the days going to school in Cos-play (that's dressed in comic costume, roll-playing) were normal. It was really sweet to see my daughter as normal. I can phrase that any number of ways. Mostly I stuck to the hotel room. The variety of costumes completely put me into shock.
All of the costumes were modest. There just were a lot of kids running around with Manga hair, in striped stockings (think Alice in Wonderland), with varietions of suit coats on. In all colors.
But shocking as it all was, it gave me a sense of calm, too. It was nice to see my child fit in. Because I know there is a big group of kids in her school who also like all this. They are in a club- The Backwards Book Club.
It's nice to know where my child fits in, but even better, at one point, she decided she liked the little sewing project I was working on, and started sewing one of her own. In the middle of her mangacon, she was sitting in a hotel room five hours from home sewing with her mother. Now that's a good day.