And Then You Were Twelve

Happy Birthday to my darling girl.  My heart, my joy, my butterfly love.

The day that you were born, my life changed forever.  Never again would I be the same woman that I was.  Never again would I view the world in the same way.  You simply *being* opened my eyes to things that I could never even imagine.  The beauty in a drop of water dripping from a leaf, the way the wind blows the leaves on trees....you are who makes me take the time to notice these little things, these amazing things.  You are truly a blessing my oldest daughter. 

This year I give you wings my baby, wings to enter the next chapter in your book of life.  Little wings to stretch and to fly with.  Your starter wings to soar to those places that I know you will.  

I wish you the strength to hold your head high, to stand tall, and to be you.  

I love you my girl, my angel baby.  I love you *so big*.