Dear #7 and #8,
Your tiny faces appearing on the front stoop that mild spring night, my guess is this farmhouse had never experienced a miracle of that kind before.
We were trusted to care for you, to bring you into the light. Yet you would come bearing gifts far greater than the ones we could offer.
Those first weeks and months were full of trials. Slowly we watched two precious souls emerge from a dark world. Your resilience reminded us that in the body’s bleakest days the soul still seeks to soar.
Now as I type you run around in your Elsa dresses making me “coffee”. You are the best darn princess baristas in the land (I may just be the proudest about your passion for Starbucks- your enthusiasm each morning when I return to the car with my cup makes me feel like I can conquer the world).
#7 you are our rainbow, a beautiful tapestry of color. You make us laugh daily and cry weekly. You wear your emotions on your sleeve and we are all better for it. Thank you for loving us so fiercely and for knitting us together as a family. Don’t ever forget how strong you are.
#8 you are John Candy wrapped in Lucille Ball. You are hilarious, the standup act we never knew we needed. Nothing goes unnoticed in your presence. Thank you for teaching us to look deeper and work harder to learn someone. To think how far and how fast you have grown, god’s glory runs in legs that previously couldn’t walk.
Babies you are on your way. And because of you we all are as well.
Thank you for the gift of this year. The lessons learned under your tutelage have made us better people. They have also taught us that only our Lord knows the ending to this story, and we are best to leave our longings at his feet.
My prayer has been that all the days of my life I get to watch you grow. I believe that will happen whether under my roof or under God’s skies. I will never be far from you.
Be fearless my babies. Breathe in the love of this home and bask in the sunlight of our world.
Thank you for making me who I hoped to be.
Love,
Your Momma
P.S this one says it all.