New Blooms

My girls are grown now and I feel as if I have lost my oldest. She will soon be a first grader. Once I dropped her off at the door for the first time for Kindergarten I realized she is no longer mine. She has reached the world. She will hear and speak of different words that she will learn. Her mind will think of different ways. Instead of watching me work and play she will watch other children her age. Terrified and in tears I cried on my way home imaging her black hair on her head as she was only 1 week old and 5 pounds. That is when I recall words spoken to me once about the first 5 years of a child's life are the most important, because she is no longer with me but instilled in her heart are words and love that were placed there by me. My prayer for her is to always be intwined with me and to remember me when I am not with her.


My 2nd daughter is wow a girly girl!! I love that fact! We can scream across the house at age 3 how she is not wearing something because it no longer fits or it is not pink. But I see so much of me in her. She recently found my jewelery box with earrings and junk rings. She is in love and wears all 5 rings on her ring finger. She knows she wants a princess cut ring from her fiance someday. She is full of the love that one has that is more physical, I mean hugs and kisses and snuggles. A child can love their moms dearly but her love is one where she will lean on you and hug and grab on to your arm or neck and snuggle for hours. Her love for barbies and dolls is how I spent my whole childhood and beyond. Yes I played with dolls until at least 6th grade. I guess I was always meant to be a mother, except for the time "Nun life" sounded pleasing. My prayer for my 2nd daughter is to not get caught up in the material things the world has to offer but what God has planned.



My 3rd child is a boy, 4 months old and very attentive, smart, alert and active. Don't know too much about him or boys for that matter. But what I do know about him is he was so meant to be brought to us and to the world. His name means given by God. All my kids names are in the bible. He was given by God to a woman who could not have children and she gave him up to God. Oh the heartache to let a child go, but to go to serve God and to listen for his call. Oh yes, that is my prayer for him I pray over him constantly that he may always hear God's call, for I know God has special plans for my last born. I explode inside with excitement for what his future holds!!


The prayer for all my children is that they all be safe and healthy. My biggest fear that I find consumes me at times is losing them too early in life, but of course they are not mine to begin with. I just had the pleasure of birth, their first smile, their first word, their first step and that first walk to the Kindergarten door. The rest I leave in God's hands and wisdom. God's hands for their safety and knowledge and God's wisdom for my knowledge as they continue to grow.