Happy

Heart Birthday to my 

kind-hearted, feisty and delightful 

daughter

 

I spent some time today remembering life four years ago.  I thought about how in spite of the really heartbreaking stuff, I was still lucky and blessed .  I remembered the waiting, with my heart caught in my throat and tears prickling my eyes.  I reflected on Vivian's healing (and the beginning of mine, too).

And then I was pulled back into this moment: Vivian asking me to make leaf people with glue and markers, requests for yet another snack, declarations of her love for Luke and me, demanding to read yet another library book...

So blessed by this girl and her big, loving, enthusiastic heart.