Today we celebrate my second-born daughter’s final birthday of her teens.\u00a0She is 19 today.\u00a0XIX years of age. It boggleth the mind of a mother.<\/p>\n
This has been a year of recognition for Megan. While she continues to express her artistic nature in many ways, including singing in the Cathedral choir, novel writing, and drawing, she has found a new focus and purpose in life.\u00a0It has been a beautiful thing to see her discover in herself a gift for and delight in interacting with young children through her work in after-care.\u00a0She is a wonderful big sister to\u00a0her active and high-strung four-year-old little brother,\u00a0with a special bond of love and communication. \u00a0She’s been his\u00a0pre-school teacher for the last few months,\u00a0and I’m indebted to her\u00a0for the foundation she’s laid for me, as I will be taking over in the fall when her college classes begin.\u00a0I am so happy to see\u00a0her zeroing in on early childhood education as a career path that ignites her enthusiasm!<\/p>\n
Wishing I could give my girl a suitably fabulous gift – like world travel, or a car with air conditioning. Alas, I have not the means. I am\u00a0ever-grateful for the day God brought you to us, and for the strong, beautiful, creative woman you have become;\u00a0and I will continue —<\/p>\n
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6\u00a0<\/sup>Being confident of this very thing, that he, who hath begun a good work in you, will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus. —\u00a0Philippians 1:6\u00a0<\/span>Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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