*eh hem, clears throat* Like I said before, we're not the best at blogging. But alas, here I am blogging it up, only about a month or so later than my last post.
I've been thinking a lot lately about what people say about children and their parents. "You are your mother's daughter" or vice versa "You are your father's child." There have been so many times in Maggie's life that we've heard one or both of these phrases. Sometimes I think they are referring to me(Penny)and my likeness to my mom and dad. So i'm always shocked when I realize they are actually referring to our crazy-adorable, Maggie.
I guess I've never really thought she was much like me. For real, she's SO more interesting and exciting than her mom. I could go on and on, because she does all these amazing things: she laughs hysterically when her daddy plays the fart noises on his phone, she loves people (especially babies), she speaks chinese (some call it jibberish),she is a mover and loves to dance to hip hop, she loves "melmo" and "papa"(aka:mickey), she's recently started fake laughing(you know the one that sounds like urkle?)and most of all she is compassionate and knows exactly when someone needs a hug or snuggle out of the blue.
I know some of you will comment letting me know that she actually is much like me, based on that list. I too laugh hysterically to fart noises of any kind. Of course there will be similarities, because we (kyle and myself) are raising her. She will pick up on our quirkiness, our traditions and hopefully our love of the Lord. I truly hope she can grasp how much her parents love the Lord and desire for her to love Him. It's not easy and I'm sure at some point she will sturggle, but I pray she clings to truth. We are our Father's daughters and sons. None of us are orphaned. He loves us, cares for us and forgives us. In our darkest of dark, Jesus forgives us and loves us. I can promise Maggie that her parents will fail. I know she will disagree with us and be embarrased by us at some point in her life, but I hope she knows she is the Father's daughter and even though her parents fail, He never does.
I can't even begin to put into words how much I love my daughter. She has brought so much light and love to our family and friends and I might be bold enough to say even complete strangers. I've watched her grow for 17 months and can't help but imagine what the next months, years, decades will be like. I can't wait to watch her grow into a beautiful girl, young woman and adult. I'm already proud that I am my daughter's mother.
