It seems like just yesterday that I could curl up and she would fit, just so, into my curve. And yet, there we lay tonight, stretched side by side, talking about our family, wondering how to make a list of our top 10 favourite songs of all time, laughing at her Daddy's hijinks, remembering some of the crazy dreams that she has at night, playing the game where one person hums a tune and the other one guesses it, and then, finally I kissed her goodnight and left her to drift off to sleep.
This past year, I have watched my girl blossom in so many ways. She is more confident, more self-assured and more daring than ever. Her kindness with others has no limits. She takes the time to give kudos when they are due, she shows patience and encouragement to her younger "kindergarten friends", she doesn't think twice about volunteering her time to others, and, once in awhile, she hugs her brother without being asked. All this plus a wicked sense of humour!
Last night Juliana had four friends over to help her celebrate her birthday. I stood in the kitchen watching them enjoy their pizza by candlelight and I realized that these girls that I have known since they were 4 years old, are just five minutes away from having their own dinner parties. They are young ladies that are starting to enter their terrifying, complicated, beautiful adolescent lives.
Happy 11th birthday to my beautiful girl.
xoxo
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