The BIG THREE O! Weeks that is :) That means after this week I will be counting down in the single digits the number of weeks until I meet you. This last weekend we celebrated the New Year in the mountains with good friends and your Nana and Papa. I'm so excited to have you with us next year. Even though I am very aware of what an unbelievable, life-changing year this will be, I’m really not sure if there’s a way for me to fully comprehend it all. This year I will be working for myself and returning to my Renaissance roots in writing and photography and music and whatever else inspires me. Which I can not wait to teach and expose you to it all! But I have such a peace about it and am blessed to have your father who is so supportive and truly believes in me. And then of course, there’s you. 2011 will forever be seared in to my brain, your birth year. The year my first child was born.
I continue to ask God to work on my heart, to make me a more loving, patient, joyful, and content daughter and sister and friend and wife…and now mother. I’m not sure if I have ever prayed for something more fervently then for God to reach into my core and teach me to live the Fruits of His Spirit in every secret and quiet corner of my life so that every moment I spend with you will be teaching and revealing to you the God that so desperately loves you and is creating you now in my belly. Forget the New Year’s resolution, I will call this a Life resolution. For you child, I pray for Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-control.
Just a couple more months of winter and then you will be here, ushering in my new Spring.
Love,
Mama
Lindsey, we've only met once, but b/c Steven was such a dear friend to me, you and your family are very precious to me. As i write this, i am 6 years, 7 months (plus 40 weeks and 2 days) and three boys into this adventure called motherhood. i can promise you that God will more than answer your prayers - and in ways that you wouldn't believe even if He told you Himself over breakfast tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteTell that sweet baby to keep on cooking and come out with some chubby cheeks to smooch!