Supporting the dreams of youth

My family’s Facebook posts keep me informed, entertained and always delighted.
The majority of the Horton tribe lives in St. Charles and Warren counties in Missouri, others live in Germany and Washington state. They all love to travel and I never know from where they may post.
Most of all, I love hearing about what my great-grandnieces and nephews are doing and what they are planning for the future. The five great-grandnephews are concentrating mostly on their education. The older ones (twins) are working while studying for their advanced degrees, as well as being able to finance trips to sporting events. The other males are really a little young to be working so they go to school and participate in sports.
While education is equally important to the females in our family, the two great-grandnieces may be a little ahead of the guys because they are working on their career gigs, too. The eldest, Alena, who calls Missouri home, basically travels the country and sometimes the world winning gymnastics events. Her younger cousin, Veronica Jean, better known in the family as Ronni, lives in Washington state. She enjoys a variety of activities including anything she sees being done. She especially enjoys animals, both domesticated and wild. I’ve watch Facebook as she and her brother Jeremy enjoy field mice and non-poisonous snakes found on farm land near where they live.
When she was a preschooler, Ronni announced to her older brother, he needed to be quiet and listen, because she was going to be president. I’m being a little more diplomatic than she was. If she had not shocked her dad with her statement, she would have gotten in trouble for telling her brother to shut up. But, we as a nation are becoming more accustom to our residents and candidates being shocking.
We all thought OK, that’s a career goal, but she’ll probably change her mind a few times before deciding on making a final career path. Maybe not. She asked her mother “can we go to the White House and meet the president?”
When her dad heard the request, the veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan replied, “Tell her I’ll try, but he only sees youngsters with good grades and clean rooms.”
Missouri grandmother Toni strongly suggested Ronni consult grandpa Randy, U.S. army colonel (retired). He might still have enough connections to get her an invitation.
I’m not certain if she’s thinking about applying for a job as an apprentice or if she just wants to get a look at her possible future home. Once elected, she’ll not have time to come up with a color scheme or decorating ideas, or, she may have some campaign ideas she wants to share with POTUS.
In any case, I’m going to begin looking for committee members to assist in a campaign for Ronni Horton for President 2040s.
Oh, sorry Ronni, did I jump the gun on announcing your candidacy. I’ll hold off on the GoFundMe page for a few years.
Way to go great-grandniece!