Halen...I love you so much. Your wild heart makes me soar. I love your smiles and giggles. I love your sense of adventure and your brilliant imagination. I love watching your childhood unfold in our living room with doctor kits and hair brushes. I love how much you love your daddy. I love your energy and how smart you are. I love your strength and determination. You my darling will be something amazing one day. But always use your strengths for good...to be a blessing. Please learn to love your sister fully and whole heartedly. She cares for you so much and I want you to learn to share your heart with her. Learn to be her best friend because at the end of the day, she was placed on this earth to be your sister. No one elses, to be your best friend. Do not take that for granted. Rejoice in this beautiful relationship and nurture it.
Use your talents to build people up. to make people feel welcome and loved. I wish for you to be a leader in every positive sense of the word. I want people to look up to you, to watch you in awe of your grace, tact and walk with God. I want people to yearn to be near you because you're such a wonderful friend. Pray anytime you are fearful or uncertain. Never shut daddy and I out. We are not only your parents but we are your biggest fans. We want all the goodness in the world for you. We want you to be successful, to be safe and to be happy. If I am not around, go to daddy with everything. He has prayed his whole life to be a daddy of daughters and he is. Jesus answered his prayer, starting with you. You are the answer to daddy's prayer Halen. He is an amazing daddy who loves you more than you'll ever know. Tell him everything, never be afraid to speak up or engage in uncharted territory. Daddy will handle it all with love and wisdom.
I have so much to look forward to... you starting elementary school, watching you in gymnastics class, family trips to national parks, holidays in the mountains or on the shores of Lake Michigan, planting a garden with you, cooking and baking with you, singing silly songs and dancing silly dances with you. I want a million days with you. I will never have enough. I want to breathe you in, soak up your laughter, I want your blueberry eyes to make marks on my soul forever. I want to record your voice so I can replay it over and over. I always want your cuddles.
I love you more than every star in the Rocky Mountain sky and every grain of sand on the Sleeping Bear Dunes. You made me a mommy, thank you for choosing me. You gave me purpose and direction. You are the anchor to my soul.
Love,
Mama
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