Now she knows...

Dear Daughter,

If I could give you one thing in life,

I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes.

Only then would you realize how very special you are to me...

"Now She Knows"
Good Samaritan Hospital
(one day old)
Cincinnati, Ohio

...And now, I hope you know.

The kind of love you probably thought you understood, 

truly didn't until you became a mother yourself.

The utterly astounding realization that this kind of love couldn't exist...

until your daughter did.

As you look into the eyes of your daughter, 

realize I do the same with you my daughter.

When you see how profoundly special your daughter is, 

trust that I see the same in you my daughter.

You are taking the first steps in sincerely comprehending the magical depth

of a mother's love for her daughter.

Making the decision to have a child is life changing.  

It is to decide forever to relinquish control of your heart.

To allow your heart to wander where it is unprotected, because it now travels with your daughter.

It is joyous.  It is scary.

There are times you are in total control of your heart.  

But there are also times your heart walks out the door, 

and you won't breathe until it returns home safe and unharmed.

It's a blessing we are oblivious to this side effect of motherhood until we are fully committed to the journey.  

It's God's little "gotcha" joke on moms, to remind us of whom truly IS in control.

There are so very many reasons I love my little grand daughter.

But the greatest of these is her existence allows me to give you the one gift I've wanted to give you your entire life.

For you to see yourself through my eyes,
and to realize how extraordinarily special you are to me.
I hope you take the time to look.

You are my sunshine,

Mom

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