Okay, she did’t “run off”; she joined the local youth circus! And what’s she doing there?
Here she is, 10 years old, 30 feet in the air on the highwire:
http://www.mister-rik.com/hosted/nat_highwire.jpg
Reports are that she’s “a natural” and has “no fear” 
OK, that has got to be one of the coolest things in the world. And I’m betting that she’ll have the best “What I Did Over the Summer” story.
When she gets a bit older and starts dating a Wallenda, then what?
That is pretty cool, I always wanted to try the high wire.
Kids can do amazing things when they think positive. That’s great that she has found a interest. This doesn’t need to end up with a circus career. Maybe she will switch to gymnastics and get a scholarship. Everything she does to develop herself will pay off later.
Again, very impressive indeed.
She’s a very physical kid, so this is turning out to be a very good, productive way to direct her energy. And she’s strong, too — check out those “guns”!
National Circus School, anyone?
There are circus schools all over.
I heart circus. I can’t afford the general circus class, sadly (which includes tightrope), but do all right on the aerial apparatus. I wish there had been a circus school in/near the little hick town I grew up in. Good on her for finding it early.
