love letter

Good morning, my sweet daughter:

Watching you dream early this morning in the warm, mottled light from the window... your sweet, soft and strong breath from your nose....I felt overwhelmed with love for you. Yesterday, all of a sudden it seems (though I know that's not true) you started to pause, pronouncing your Rs. For the first time, you swam in a pool with more than your toes. You were talking about a wonderful picnic in your sleep last night.

To accompany you on your daily adventures, to be with you to notice the new tiny freckle on your right ankle, to eat our lunch side by side as the sun streams in on our faces, to wade into the pool with you and watch you swim off with such courage (I know how much courage that must have taken)... these are wondrous gifts that I have been given. The most magical and meaningful gifts of all.

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