Mother's Day

Yes...I know that it is incredibly late for Mother's Day, but it has been so busy with graduation and the end of the school year. I read on pinterest about writing a letter to your children each year on Mother's Day. I decieded that since this is where I have been putting some of my thoughts about our wild, crazy lives that I would write my letters here. So here it goes...

Dear Emily,

I look at how you have grown up this past year and I am so amazed. Poor child, the more I see you, the more I realize how much you act just like me! Even how you get upset, you act just like your mommy. I'm sorry :) I know as you get older you will hate to hear this, so I will stop saying this as you grow.  But there are times your Daddy and I just look at you and can see Mommy!

I love how much you love everyone. There is really no one who is not your friend. You love everyone so much! It just thrills my heart to see how much you care. You just care about everyone and don't care how they look or have or say...you just care. As I watch you take these steps out from under our protection and into this big, hard world, that others will see your big heart and keep it safe. That others will realize how much a treasure it is to have such a big heart and not work to make it hard.

As a parent there is such a joy in seeing your child suceed and soar in things they love. I watch you read and see you discovering all the great things you find in books. I love to see this world opening up to you. I also watch you discovering soccer, tball, and dancing. I wonder what you will soon grow to love...it has been a year of letting go and discovering. I am learning to let go a little bit and realizing I can't keep you safe from every little thing, and  you starting to discover who you are, who you will turn out to be. I am so excited to see you grow up and so proud of the young lady you are becoming. Our little princess!!