An Open Letter to Our Daughter:
For the past 8 and a half weeks I have been formulating this letter, both in my mind and on paper because, there is so much that I want you to know. I do not know who you will be yet, but I am so unbelievably excited to know you. My heart already feels like it does. So, in this letter- I just want you to see where you came from and what we are most excited about in getting to meet you. You are our redemption love story.
Your daddy is the most amazing person I have ever met. We met in high school and, as I’m sure we will share many times, we weren’t exactly- friends. I have known your dad for 10 years but lately, I feel like I am just meeting him all over again. And boy, is that fun! We took our time getting to know each other - we hung out as friends, I moved away, we dated. And I fell in love, 4,000 from home I fell in love with a boy i had known forever. When i came home and your Papa died, your daddy is the only thing that held me together most days. Getting married to him was the easiest decision I’ve ever had to make. And if I could do it all over again, I would. It was always supposed to be us.
Your daddy is silly - I hope you get that from him. He feels things in the biggest ways possible. We are very similar in that way. As I’m sure you will be too.
We are a family of bleeding hearts. We are sensitive. We are joyful. We are dramatic. We are intensely passionate. Sometimes those qualities come to a head in a negative light but we never stop fighting.
I almost did, once. I almost gave everything up for the potential of a different life. A simpler one, because you see, getting married at 19 was not easy. Growing up married was. Not. Easy. And there was a time when I wondered just exactly what I was fighting for? What was the reason for all of this? And it took me a while. A dark, deep, intense while to realize what it was. Because although I tried to run from it, and force it out, I could never deny just how much your Daddy loved me. He would do anything for me. He never gave up on me.
I hope you find that, and baby girl, when you do. Do. Not. Let. Go.
Fight.
Fight with everything you have for exactly who and what you want. But don’t ever let your own insecurity and growth process ruin another human being.
I hope you see the love we have for you and each other every single day. You won’t get to experience the love your Papa had for me and would undoubtedly have had for you but trust me, I am a better woman today because of the Man and Woman that raised me. And I promise you that Your dad and I will raise you just the same.
You will be strong. You will be fearless. You will be kind. You will be humble. You will move any mountain you want to. And I will be right behind you, pushing that mountain top too.
You can be anything.
We already love you so much.
❤️
-Your Mommy.
