No words.
Just awe and wonder.
Dear Chris, on your birthday. I remember the moment when you, as a brand new, new-born were handed to me for the very first time.
I will tell you, I had no medication what-so-ever, so when you were handed to me, you were alert and awake, and guess what you did?
You looked right up at me.
Your two little eyes, that could see, but couldn’t in the womb, had now the chance to see, and not just hear, your mama’s voice.
Chris, you looked right at me. I was so surprised.
Surprised isn’t the word.
Awestruck perhaps. I don’t know, but it was that very moment that I realized, you were your own little person. I knew that in my head, but the reality of your amazing-ness caught me off-guard.
You were so miraculous.
And I will tell you today, on your birthday, the first words I said, “Hi, little baby.”
That was it. I was so amazed at you, at God, at the miracle of life.
I love you more than words can say. So much more than that very first day. I love you more and more as the years go on.
Chris, I believe in you.
Your dad and each of your siblings do too. And all the people who spend time with you are touched by your genuine, tender heart. You are a gift to all of us.
We love you so much. Happy Birthday from afar. Hugs and love I pray you can feel, and trust and know that you are a gift. Chris, you’re a gift to us all.
This is the first day of the rest of your life. Sometimes in life, I believe we all feel we are Charlie Brown.
Remember at Halloween, when Charlie Brown came to a house, he moaned, “I got a rock.”
Well, I love this picture of Charlie Brown the best, because maybe he received some “rocks’ in his life, but here, he’s the one with the answer to life.
I give you a gift today of my heart filled to overflowing with love and hope and belief of all things—for you.
I pray you feel loved so abundantly today, and everyday.
And even more than me, Jesus loves you most of all,
I love you,
mom