Slow down, my dear,
don’t be in such a rush.
Stay a little longer as a child.
Just yesterday I held you,
now your hand is on the door.
Tomorrow you will be off running wild.
To my daughter:
May you always know I’ll be here when you need me, and may God bless you more than you could ever dream.
The Journey of You
A blink ago my star was born.
At one you held my heart.
At two you were my little light.
At three a work of art.
I took a breath and you were four.
Exhaled and you were five.
At six I couldn’t love you more.
Then seven had arrived.
I turned around and you were eight.
Turned back and you were nine.
At ten you were my silly girl.
Eleven you did fine.
Age twelve had come and gone again.
And So did age thirteen.
At fourteen you were tomboy.
At Fifteen a beauty queen.
Sixteen is almost over now.
And seventeen is here.
When I blink again you might be gone.
And that’s my greatest fear.
My OCD Diaries 
Congrats. You made me cry. {Blog hug}
Thank you!
My work here is complete!
*Return hug*
This was such a beautiful story… Is your daughter a blogger too ? 😉
Thank you!
I tried to get her into blogging, but Tumblr is about the extent of what she’s willing to do.
Maybe someday!
This is great. They do grow up so fast.
Thank you!
I often wish I had one of those remote controls like in that movie ‘Click’ so that I could just slow time down, rewind, or make it stop altogether for awhile!
Me, too. It’s hard to remember them when they were small. What they did. How they sounded.
True!
And then before you know it, you’re talking college plans like we were yesterday, and silently thinking, “Ugh! Make it stop!”
Exactly!
I looked through these so many times just now. I’m so proud of her and very blessed with the time I was given to spend with her. I love her so much. ❤
Shawn, Thank you for sharing! She is the best of the best. I love that Granddaughter of mine, she is beautiful!
You’re welcome!
It’s amazing to put all those pics together and see how she’s grown.
And if you made it through that whole thing without tearing up, you’re doing better than I am! LOL
Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks!
Some of thoes pics i didnt know existed.
You’re welcome, and thank you, too!
She’s always been a cutie pie.There’s been so many great pictures of her throughout the years that it was hard deciding which to use.
Our baby needs to stop this aging business!
And on that note, so do we…lol.
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