Today Piper turns 4. I thank God for the many things over the past four years that I have been blessed enough to experience with Piper. Before Piper, I never really understood what it meant to be unconditonally in love with someone...how completely and absolutely overwhelmed you can feel when your child smiles and says "I love you"...that you can actually feel your heart swell inside of you. While CF has played a major role in our lives in the time since Piper's birth, sometimes it's just nice to sit back and think of Piper as any other child enjoying another birthday. I try not to riddle myself with questions of how many birthdays we will get to enjoy together, even though her birthdays are undeniably bitter-sweet for me. I am so overjoyed to see her grow and reach the same milestones that any average kid experiences...reading, riding a bicycle, writing...everyday she amazes me with some new talent that she has discovered and I am just overcome with awe at how brimming with life she is...she literally takes my breath away. I could not have asked God to bless me with any other child...healthy or otherwise...because it would not have been Piper. She teaches me things about myself that I never imagined I needed to learn...strength being the key ingredient in a pool of characteristics that makes her who she is. I am so honored to sit back and watch the chapters of her life evolve...to be a part of them...to be a witness to the wonders that God has already worked in her life. I know Piper has had a rough road...even for being 4...but there isn't a day that passes that I don't realize that it could be a great deal worse. God reminds me of that in my daily walk and it lends a certain peace...God is so good.
I am loving this stage in Piper's life. FOUR. wow. She holds adult conversation with me and has latched on to the term "why" followed by "but why" for a good 15 "why's". You can't help but laugh as you attempt to explain:
"mommy, why is it raining?"
"because the clouds are full"
"but why"
"because the clouds get too heavy to hold all that water"
"why"
"because there is too much moisture in the air"
"mmm...why"
...and then all of a sudden you really wish you had majored in Meteorology in college. haha
Anywho...my little baby isn't such a baby anymore...she's a little lady and I'm so happy she's mine!! Here are a few shots from her birthday today! The picture of her on the chair playing with her Leapster really makes me feel like I can't stop time fast enough. Just yesterday she couldn't even sit up in a chair by herself and now she's all comfy playing 1st grade games already...good grief! Happy Birthday, Piper! We love you!
Happy Birthday sweet girl! I hope you have a wonderful day- wish the girls could meet :) They could carry on the same converstation with each other.
This is such a sweet posting, tears again! :) geez
Posted by: Mandy Hank | April 29, 2008 at 10:04 PM
Happy Birthday Piper! You are too cute for words!
Posted by: DrewB | April 29, 2008 at 10:56 PM