Kudos to Madeline!

Sitting in the doctor's office one day, I picked up the proverbial ancient magazine. It was four or five years old. There was an article in it that really struck me.

Madeline Smith was 11 years old at the printing date of the magazine. She lived in Austin, Texas. That year, she had made -- yes, made -- ten coats to be distributed by the Coats for Kids charity in Austin. Her mother says that she had taken sewing lessons when they lived in Houston. When the family moved to Austin, she asked Madeline if there was anything she needed. "A sewing teacher," was Madeline's reply. So they found one. The teacher was involved in Coats for Kids, and when Madeline saw her making a coat, she asked if she could make one, too. And the teacher showed her how to do it.

Would you wear a coat sewn by an 11-year-old girl? If they were sewn by Madeline, I certainly would. Some of her creations were pictured in the magazine, and this little girl is one talented seamstress! How refreshing to hear about a child who isn't glued to the computer, the cellphone, and the television. Madeline says she wants to study fashion design in college and design her own line of clothes. I just bet she'll do it!