Thank you, My Baby

December 15, 2024 @ 9:48am

Her eyes, literally, light up when she smiles for the camera. It's amazing how children make you think about life differently. I have always been a pretty optimistic person, glass is half full, not half empty. I also have been blessed to watch my students’ eyes light up when they understand something that was initially challenging. However, looking at my own child’s eyes light up does touch me differently. It makes me, as her mother, want to protect that light. It makes me want to slay anything OR anyone who tries to dim that light. It makes me want to celebrate her light WITH her. It makes me want to tell her about her light, her greatness. It makes me want to be an example of a woman who lets her light shine. My baby girl and her light made me write today. I know it has been a while, too long, I know. I want to not let the darkness of life and death extinguish my light. I know sometimes it will dim, life can challenge US ALL. But those dimming moments can never put out my dimmed light. Being her mother, witnessing her light shine, gets me through the storms of life, I am grateful that you are here and that you are MY daughter, Thank you, “Hannah Pearl, Best Girl in the World.”