I can tell you what I was doing exactly 37 years ago from this minute. Because I had a massive backache, I had moved from my bed to the comfortable couch in our den. In this very house. It wasn't long after that I realized the backache was going to stay as I was going into labor. At 11:59 a.m. on February 15, thirty-seven years ago, the lives of The Husband and me changed forever. For the good forever as The Girl joined our family and lives.
The Girl was blessed to experience the era of polo shirts in school pictures.
The Girl endured the time of the curly hair particularly curly bangs....artificially permed hair, that is!
The Girl is now a good wife with an equally good husband...
..a good mommy of a sweet toddler girl....
..and enjoying a life of joy with the both of them.
I have realized the importance of pictures together even though I don't smile in pictures well.
I'm practicing the smiling technique more.
Blessings from my world...
Yes, I'm so grateful for The Girl who made me a mama those years ago. Even though we are all aging, she will always be THAT girl....my girl. The Husband and I are proud of the woman she has become--one who is an overcomer, has a compassionate heart, and is one of God's children and loves HIM as she serves HIM well. We are proud of her love of her husband and child and proud of the wife and mother that she has been blessed to be!
Many thanks is given this day as I celebrate The Girl with love and joy in MY heart. Wishes for not only a day of special "normal" but a life filled with it!
Happy Birthday sweet girl!
And yes, only fitting to end with one of her favorite scriptures:
"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
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