Dear Daughter,

I want so much for you that sometimes it scares me that I may not be able to give it to you. I want you to be brave and strong but also kind and gentle. I want you to be happy and I want the whole world to love you and see you for the amazing, funny person I see when I look into your eyes.

You are as changing as the winds, and with each new face, I am awestruck once again by the wonder that is you.

I feel like I have been given this huge trust and I am afraid I won't be able to handle it properly. You are such a fragile, impressionable, moldable, stubborn, gutsy, brave, funny, intelligent little person, you can do anything, become anything you want to be.



I want to be the one who lights the stars to guide you on your way and I am afraid that in my nervousness,my anxiety, my need to do this right, I will hold you back in some way. I am afraid that one day when I am tired and frustrated and you have whined one too many times that you want chocolate pudding for breakfast, I will say or do some little thing wrong.

I hate to see you outside on the step sad because you are all alone, I hate to see someone give another little child loving attention while ignoring your excited little gaze. I want them all to love you. I want you to feel the sunshine of the world's approval.



I feel like I have this amazing treasure on the tips of my fingers and with one little stumble, I could break it.

So someday, when you are grown and you remember your childhood, I would like you to remember one thing most of all, above all things you were loved and accepted for who you are. I am proud of you now and always.

Love, Mommy