after reading about my little faux paux as mum (this post below).
This is my daughter (about 8 years or so ago) and the sweet subject of the story below. This happens to be one of my favorite photographs of her because, in my eyes, it captures her essence. The text overlay is compiled of favorite quotes and scripture about home, family, and the safe harbor that I believe home needs to be.
It's been a week of several challenges between my snickerdoodle and me, and I found myself this morning considering why . . .I am not ready for her, my first born, to be entering into her teen years just yet. We've been through so much, mother and daughter, from nearly losing her precious life in a very complicated delivery, to a first year of seeming insurmountable physical challenges, physical therapy, occupational therapy, illnesses, and the years that followed seeing us thru many visits to many specialists. That little girl who has overcome so much is growing up, she is becoming independent, she needs me in different ways now - and yet she hugs me and tells me I am the best mom in the whole world. I don't know (no, okay let's be real I KNOW I'm not) but I am the luckiest mom.
On one of those many Jr. High forms that came home there was a request to "tell us something amazing about your child." My child is strong, confident, capable beyond her willingness to see, she is witty beyond her years, insightful, precocious (still), oh so bright, beautiful, unique and so, so beloved. Today, share something amazing about your children with each of them.
I stumbled upon this lovely song by the equally lovely Martina McBride and know it is no coincidence that I did - do take a moment, if you're a mother of a daughter and listen.
Enjoy your weekend, and as always may the miracles from heaven above sprinkle and shine on your garden.
xoxo
Terri
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