On the downhill slide....

One of my dearest friends in the world sent this picture to Katie. She put it with a sweet note of love and encouragement. I cannot seem to quit looking at it. It is the embodiment of my emotions right now. It screams all of my thoughts and feelings and dreams and excitement and bitter sweet joy.


She is my first born. My joy. My companion. My sweet spirit. She was never one to take too many risks. She always stuck close by my side. She needed that look of approval. That squeeze of the hand. That smile that said you are ok. She was a late bloomer. But she blossomed at just the right time. She knows who she is. She knows to Whom she belongs. She is strong and solid. She is smart and driven. She is beautiful and sweet. And she is ready.


She is so ready to move into the next phase of her life. To tackle life beside her new husband. To pray and plan and dream right along beside him. I could not have hand picked a more suitable spouse for her. God made them for each other. She is strong where he will need it. She is weak in the areas that he will carry her. She is open and honest. She is opinionated like her mother. She is still learning and she is so excited to discover the plans that will unfold around her.


We are on the downhill slide, sweet girl. The plans are made. The day is speeding towards us. The emotions are rising. But know this, I will always have your back! I will hold tight to the memories of the hills we climbed together and the ones we slid down. Some backwards. Some fast. Some slow. Some head first. But we made it down. Stronger. Wiser. More prepared.


I can see the bottom of this hill. It is getting closer. You still have that same look of awe and excitement as you do in the picture. Thrilled by life. Genuinely loving every minute. I won't slide down the next hill with you. But, oh how I pray that you enjoy the ride! Blessings my sweet girl.

"That is why a man leaves his father and mother 

and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh."

Genesis 2:24