6 years, 4 months.
Dear Holly,
We’re now a few months into me determining that you are officially an Enneagram 2- “The Helper” personality.
This past week, one particular event stood out to back this up.
Thanks to many family members across the USA, you did very well in selling magazine subscriptions as a fundraiser for your school. (That shows your dominant “3 wing- The Achiever”.)
So you got a keychain as a prize for each one sold.
But on the bus ride home from school that day, some older kids saw how many you had and asked if they could all have one.
Reluctantly, you said yes; confused, thinking they were asking to see the prizes, not keep them. But you indeed at given away three of your prizes to kids you didn’t even know.
You kept from crying, long enough to make it off the bus.
Mommy took care of you, though. She explained to your teacher what happened, so you got reimbursed the next day with new prizes.
You are a helper, and an achiever; as this story clearly demonstrates.
And as your Daddy, part of my job is to make sure you don’t help others to the point that you neglect yourself in the process.
Mommy and I are both Enneagram 6s, so we are most motivated to provide security for those we love.
You are so kind and giving- and so easy to love!
That happens to be a trait about people who are Enneagram 2- they never make you wonder if they love you.
Love,
Daddy