Dear Charlotte,
Happy Birthday! Guess what? We kept you alive for an entire year! Yay for us! I don't know which is crazier: the fact that you have been alive for a year or the fact that I have a one year old. I still feel like I should be getting ready to go back to school after one very long summer break but here I am almost 27 with a one year old kid! I swear I have one of those moments, like, at least once a week, where I take a good look at my life and think, "Holy crap! I am married, I have a baby, and I own a house! When did that happen?!" Life flies by so fast. It's such a cliche saying but it's so true. If I could control time, I think I would pause life where it is right now because things are really going well for our little family!
There are a couple of things I want you to take from this letter. The first thing is this: you are loved more than you know. If your life is anything close to every other human being in this world, you're going to have those moments where you feel pretty inadequate and imperfect. As much as it sucks, it's pretty normal to feel that way once in a while. But I hope that when you get to feeling that way you'll have the clarity to remember that there are so many people cheering for you that love you and care for you. First and foremost, your Father in Heaven and your Savior Jesus Christ. Secondly, your dad and me. I can't even begin to tell you how much love I have in my heart for you. Today you basically yelled/screamed/cried/whined for like...3 hours straight. But I still love you. You pulled my hair super hard for the bajillion-and-seventh time bringing tears to my eyes. But I still love you. You woke me up wayyyy earlier than I wanted to wake up so I was super tired all day. But guess what? I still love you!!! And I always will. Today your dad left for work before you got up and he didn't get home until you were back in bed. He went a whole day without seeing you because he works so hard so that we can be happy. Then guess what? He came home and he did ALL of the dishes. You've got a super awesome dad and he loves you SO MUCH. Last but not least, you have so many family and friends that adore the heck out of you. But you're super adorable so I don't blame them.
The second thing is this: your smile brings so much happiness into this world. No matter where we go or what we are doing, you LOVE being the center of attention. One of your favorite things to do is lock eyes with people and charm the CRAP out of them with your smile. You wave, clap, giggle, scrunch that cute little nose of yours, and you win them over just like that. It doesn't matter who they are, what they look like, what they're doing, you make them so happy. I just want you to know what kind of power you have. I hope and pray that you keep that attribute with you so that as the world gets darker and scarier, you are able to be a shining light in others' lives and make people happy. You were BORN with the power to make others happy. Keep doing it.
Good heavens, my blog posts are so cheesy!!! But I guess that's what happens when you become a mom. Things just get emotional, okay?!
I'm going to write another post about your birthday party because I don't have time for that in this letter. But let me just tell you this, it was awesome!
I love you!
Love,
Mom :)
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