To watch her grow....

...makes me so proud. She is thoughtful and kind hearted and sincere. Traits that I think are discounted too often and encouraged too little. She carries these traits into every corner of her little life. She is thoughtful, kind hearted, and sincere about her schoolwork. about making friends. and about her faith. Her faith is what strikes me the most. She reads books like the words are water for her parched mind. Lots of books. Poetry and mysteries are her favorite but 6 weeks ago when school started in our house she started reading her bible in a different way. She has lessons weekly that require her to dig deeper than reciting a verse or phrase. It's a study that relates what she reads into her life. I look at her faith growing and her relationship with her Saviour deepening and am in awe. I am in awe that I get to be her mom and bear witness to it. I am in awe that she has grasped at such a young age the greatness of who He is. She has written music for years, has tunes in her head and lyrics in a now tattered journal. Her handwriting has gone from barely formed chunky letters to a fluid cursive. Her lyrics have evolved as well. Tonight I heard her singing in the shower and couldn't place the tune, it was because she was writing a song. She breathlessly sang to me and then tried to write out her lyrics. To see her sing anything is fun, she engages her audience and knows how to work a crowd. She is my daughter after all. To watch her sing praises to her King is almost beyond words.
I fell in love with idea of being the mom not too far after falling in love with Jeremy. He made me crave picket fences & the PTA. He showed me what love looked like and what happily ever after really meant. Currently, I have a plastic fence in the backyard that I share w/the neighbors and we home school so I've not quite fulfilled all the cravings but I'm certainly enjoying where we are.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztiz0r554Ec