The Life of a Politician

It's been a big week for Analiese. On Wednesday she was elected as one of our town commissioners by her peers!

"Aren't you a little young to be a town commissioner? Why yes, yes I am."*

She was thrilled at first. I mean look at that stage and the big leather chair. The life of a politician seemed grand. Until, that is, she sat through her first town meeting. She realized that some people have really silly ideas about the way a town should be run. And people don't like it if you want to spend all of their tax dollars on ice cream parties. She constantly threw up her hands in exasperation.

Luckily, her term only spanned thirty minutes after which she retired to the town green with a Popsicle and started her autobiography on the struggles of being a politician.

She then settled into retirement by taking a walking tour of historic downtown Matthews. Without the weight of public demand on her shoulders she was able to find an appreciation for early 20th century architecture. And she even found time to stop and smell the roses, literally.


With politics behind her, her latest project is trying to convince her mom that raising chickens in the back yard is not only a good idea, but a great one. She's realized that this job may be harder than running a town ever was, as her mom is not budging on her firm "no". Although her mom has agreed to let her visit the chicks at the hardware store whenever she likes. Being seven, she'll take what she can get.




*Phineas and Ferb joke. We love that show.