My Why

Delve fully into a question, saturate in a curiosity, lean into not knowing and don't move until you've found your answers.

When the great sky gifts rain or snow, you have two options little one : you can immerse yourself in it's magic til you are soaked or frozen or you can stay in your pajamas and watch from the window, wrapped in mamas arms, sipping on hot cocoa.

When a challenge comes and makes you doubt if you are smart, you can stop. Breath. Try again or wait until wisdom says it's time. You are smart. You are special needs and you are gifted. You are all the things God created you to be and I search for the roads he willed you to travel when he formed you as you grew in me.

He chiseled you in this unique design, the patterns are difficult to interpret but overlooking their beauty would be to devalue this masterpiece. You don't absorb the information like she does. You don't love the story like the others. You heard and dreamed of autumn when the lesson was about forests. When you dance you remember. When you sit you forget. When it's quiet you can't focus and when it's noisy you feel safe. Stillness is your enemy and nature is your friend. You'll never forget that book you read under the tree on that September morning. I never told you to read it and you never saw me mark it off my list.

When someone asks you what you want to be when you grow up you can answer them but make sure you also let them know who you want to be now and who you are now. The real world is now and you can prepare for and become the person you were created to be now. Don't wait until your graduation day. Who you are today is important. You are one of a kind. I celebrate the gift of you and the treasure of your childhood when I never miss a chance to celebrate the rain with you or snuggle as the snow falls

- while there is still time.