Proud of My Little Girl

I took Madalyn to gymnastics last night and watched with very proud eyes as she successfully completed things she couldn’t do a year ago. She is growing so fast. Just yesterday she was a little baby in my arms and now she is a 7 year old ball of energy climbing a rope 35′ to the top with ease, adding and subtracting numbers, reading her own bedtime stories, sleeping over at friends houses, going out to play and checking in and praying over dinner.

Every day I am amazed by what  a tender hearted little girl I am blessed with. For her birthday this year she had her friends bring teddy bears. The bears were donated to the Good Grief Center. A free counseling center for those who have lost someone.

I’m going to wake up someday soon to find that Daddy’s little girl is grown and has a family all her own. Till that day I hope and pray that I can focus on enjoying every second I have with her.

Good To Have Family

It’s so good to have siblings that care enough to share the full measure of their love with you. My sister Mo and my brother Mike are like that. They both reached out to me with very helpful and inspiring emails and I can’t express my gratitude enough. Thank you both so much for your love and respect. It is clear that God has blessed me with a loving family and that is not going to change no matter how angry I get with him.

I can’t wait to see you all later this Spring when we meet in California for Tracy’s wedding. Dad would be so happy and proud of Tracy and Kati. Maybe I get to travel your way before the Spring. God bless you all, I will keep you all in my prayers.