9.23.19

Today I drove Annie to school and in the car, she asked: Do I have Bipolar?

I said, no, you don;t have.

Bipolar has depression and mania and you don';t have Mania.

Then why I was irritated so easily?

I told her, you are teenager now and its normal for you to feel emotional. this is normal growth.

she didn;t see anything and left the car.

At least she wants to talk to me.

9.19.19

Last night, Annie looked very stressed out and upset. I asked her why and she told me that she felt very overwhelmed with a lot of tasks going on in her life. Chinese, piano, etc.
I told her if learning piano really makes her unhappy, we have no reason to continue. Learning piano is supposed to be fun and relax. But if it makes her stressed out and torture, then it's not worth it.

I also told her that if she really hates learning Chinese, she doesn't have to score high. She can learn Spanish as a second language at high school and stop Chinese then.

If you are mentally not healthy, what;'s the point to be have high score at certain things.

Today I hiked with two people and really wanted to have Annie and Nathan to go to Chinese church for youth gathering. I feel it can help them find people who have same background. They might find themselves accepted easily. However, Annie refused to go no matter what.
She was very upset with me when I told her to go.
I don't know if I should force her to go, OR, if I am even able to.

Her braces don't fit her teeth since she has not worn it for a week. We need to go back to see orthodontist tomorrow again and we might need to make a new impression. I don; 't even know if we are going to be charged more.

And I texted piano teacher that Annie is not going to lesson .....

Another hard day today.

Please, GOD, give me wisdom about how I can let Annie to go to church.

9.16.2019

今天睡觉前我在电脑前，安妮走过来问明天可以去YMCA。我说可以。她看我在电脑上玩游戏，便问是什么。我演示给她看，她饶有兴趣的试了以下，说，o  , 我记得这个。
她和我一起作在椅子上，我手搭着她的肩膀，她也没有抗拒。

今天，无事。