After the Target checker had her moment of freak that a woman in labor with two small children in tow was in her check-out line; I made it home. Back in the day of pre-cell phones I paged King Ralph, who then called his mom, who then made it home just in time for me to walk in the doors of the hospital to deliver a sweet five pound plus girlie who was then whisked away by ambulance to the NICU at Children's Hospital.
There you have it in a nut shell how D's life began. She left me in a panic of difficulty from her start through her toddler years. Calming about the time Kindergarten came calling.
Once a little tomboy who loved Hot Wheels to Barbies and mud pies to lip gloss. Who wore the plastic wheels of her Big Wheel burning rubber on the sidewalk...hating anything that had a feminine flare. D has blossomed into a beautiful young lady with polished toe nails and bouncy natural curls molded with product. All the things that until recently she turned her nose to.
She's smart and talented. At times aggravating and lazy. Through all the adjectives I grow more in love with my unplanned baby girl--our gift from above.
She is she. Never being persuaded to be anything but herself.
And.
So.
We celebrate.
Keep skipping happily through life seeing what is ahead waiting for you (maybe a driver's permit).
Happy Sweet 16 Demi Anne!
4 comments:
Awwww! Sad how time flies, isn't it? I'll bet it seems like yesterday that you took that photo.
Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen!
Lin- How time does fly, but it is sure great when they grow big enough to make their own lunches and do their own laundry...that's when it seems okay that time is flying by. ;-)
Happy Birthday To Demi... I your newest follower found you through LIN!!!
Natalee- Dem thanks you for your birthday wishes.
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