I Am completely, irresistibly, undeniably in LOVE. How could it be? How could I love more now, then I did yesterday? How could this love grow deeper, stronger? How could it all be for me? It’s filling my heart up with energy of pure goodness… My life will never be the same. My life will lose it’s purpose with out it. Beautiful souls, such as this one, walk into our lives as joys, worries, hopes, dreams, and lessons. This soul is my greatest teacher. This soul is my daughter.
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Wednesday morning, while getting ready for work and school, another unexpected conversation begins:
-“Mommy, do you know where I want to go on vacation? I want to go to this place, do you know what it’s called?”
-“What place?”
-“The place where people wear those hats, and there’s that tall building… It starts with the letter “P.” I forgot what it’s called.”
-“I’m not sure what place you’re talking about.”
-“You know, that place where they wear those black hats, and they paint.”
-“Ohhhhhh!!! Paris?”
-“Yes!!! I want to go to Paris with you and daddy.”
-“Why do you want to go to Paris??”
-“I want to go to Paris because you can paint there, and you can see all the beautiful paintings. That’s my present for you because you love to paint. It’ll be the best vacation.”
-“Darcia, that’s the sweetest, most thoughtful thing anyone could say.”
-“Mommy, you will like it there. We could go, and walk around, and relax…. And we could go to museums.”
-“Oh, yeah. We could see a painting called, “Mona Lisa.” You know who painted it? Leonardo Da Vinci…”
-“Leonardo? Is that like Leo.”
-“Yes. That would be Leo.”
…Big matching smiles lighted up our faces. Can’t fathom this little miracle. My girl – sensitive, yet strong; silly, yet deep; childish, yet wise… like an old soul from another time, from another place… She’s here for a reason, just like any other soul that enters my life. I know she’s here to allow me to feel something much greater than anything anyone could ever feel for another- Unconditional mother-child Love.