My Sweet Ellie Girl,
Today you are four years old, and I know that I should say I
don’t know where the time has gone, but the truth is that I can hardly remember
what life was like without you. It’s as
if you have always been apart of me, and I am so grateful that the Lord chose
me to be your Momma.
You are everything that a little girl should be. You’re sweet and sassy; silly and giggly. You
spin and twirl until you wrap us up in your charm, and you captivate our hearts
with your precious spirit.
You have exceeded my every dream of what it would be like to
have a daughter, and I cherish these fleeting moments of childhood innocence.
As we spend countless hours painting our nails, playing dress up, giving each
other make-overs, and pampering ourselves, I can’t help but wonder what the
future will hold as you grow into a young woman.
Will these childhood pastimes turn into teenage drama as we
trade our little nail-painting parties for mother-daughter dates with real manicure
chairs to wash away a broken heart?
Will we pack up your Texas-sized bows, plastic crowns, and
cheap jewelry only to replace them with trendy fashions, designer shoes, and
the perfect accessories? Will those tiny
princess dresses give way to homecoming dresses and prom dresses?
Will we continue to take time to indulge ourselves in
pampering until we are sitting side-by-side getting prepared for you to walk
down the aisle on your wedding day?
Will I be able to let you go with the confidence of knowing
that I have succeeded in giving you both roots and wings?
I have no way of knowing what the future will hold for you,
Sweet Girl, but I can rest in the blessed assurance that Christ knows every
precious moment that awaits. When you
were born, I started praying Proverbs 4:23 over your life. “Above
all else, guard your heart, for it is the well-spring of life.”
Four years later, that verse has a completely new meaning to me for reasons that you couldn’t possibly understand right now. So more
than ever before, I pray that you will hold on to that truth tucked into the
Proverbs. This world will try to steal your innocence. Our culture will want you to believe that you
aren’t enough. The messages you will read
and the images you will see will try to tell you that you should be something
else, something more, something different, something that is impossible to
achieve.
Boys will break your heart.
Friends will come and go. People
will let you down, and sometimes it’s the very ones we love the most who can
leave us with greatest wounds. But don’t
let this scare you…you just be brave, Ellie girl. Guard your heart, and keep twirling through
this life with the truth of who you really
are tucked deep inside your heart.
I will remind you of this truth through every season of your
life, until the days of princess dresses and plastic crowns give way to wedding
dresses and veils. That’s my job as your momma. You just keep doing your part by guarding your
heart and always remembering who you are, and WHOSE you are.
I will always love you sweet, precious, sassy, silly, and
ever-so prissy, four year-old Ellie.
Love,
Mommy
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