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To a father growing older nothing is dearer than a daughter. ~Euripides
You started life as you live it. On the side – coming in so easy that the doctor wasn’t even prepared. Blue, but your instant cries brought tears to your Daddy’s eyes.
Despite your desire to sleep nowhere but on someone’s heartbeat, or in your carseat, you were so easy when you were tiny. A blessing to fill our house even more.
Even as you grew and your struggles began, you continued to touch our hearts. Through your struggles that we made our own, our love for you grew and grew. Even as you frustrate us, we cherish your unique heart and soul. Your unique spirit helps us treasure each and every genuine smile.
We love you, Molly…and are so happy and proud to see you become such an incredibly smart and beautiful girl. A big girl at 7 years old.
Happy Birthday baby!
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So pretty. Happy Birthday to your big little girl!
BTW… did you just recently stop using nicknames for your kids? I was thrown off by your last couple of posts! But, they have great names!
@Rachael,
LOL. Yeah I did, Rachael. It was getting far too confusing the more my blog life started to overlap w/ my real life. Indianapolis has such a great community of bloggers that it was getting too confusing to say…
“Molly did…oh, well Molly is riley on the blog…but anyway”
Every single time. 🙂 Sorry for the sudden switch, it was just one thing I could do pre-blog makeover.