Mother's Pride

I cannot help but want to announce to the world, or at least the two or three people who read this blog, that SurfGirl, soon-to-be-6thFormGirl again, has excelled herself and gone and got an A Star Grade IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF HER GCSE EXAMS !!!!
Yes, you did read that right - A stars all round. I think that may mean she got between 97% and 100% in all the exams she took! Well, blow me down with a feather, I'm sorry to keep repeating it but how can one possibly do that? Even in subjects she didn't like? Is it me, or is that rather unusual?

She is a clever girl I know, but I have to say she has also worked hard all her life and she thoroughly deserves the grades she got.

SOMETHING ELSE I'M DELIGHTED ABOUT:
The person who is the most proud and boasty about this fantastic achievement is UniGirl, who cried with pride as we heard the news and immediately rang everyone she knew to brag about her sister. This generosity of spirit in the face of her little sister getting even better grades than she did (pretty sure hers were five A stars and five As), is something which delights me just as much as the results themselves. UniGirl (a right little clever-clogs herself, actually) understands that SurfGirl has always been playing catch-up with her intelligent and wonderful older sister, just because she happened to be born second. SurfGirl has even been known to imagine that her achievements would mean less to us all because UniGirl will always have got there first - but let me assure you my SurfGirl, my 6thFormGirl, my A*Girl, if you are reading this, that is all a load of old BOLLOCKS! You are BOTH fabulous daughters, balanced, loving, kind, caring girls with great attitudes and wonderful, generous spirits and I am the proudest woman in the world to call myself your mother!