If you could know my oldest child, you would seriously be in awe. "Awe" is really the best word that I have to describe her. She is the world's most amazing kid.
In my opinion, she has a gazillion reasons to feel sorry for herself. She is the older sister of a set of triplets. She often gets overlooked while people ooh and ahh over her younger siblings. I can't even tell you the number of times that people start freaking out over the triplets, while completely ignoring her existence. Of course, they always follow up with some comment about how neat it is to be the big sister after I have pointed out that she is my oldest, but still...it kind of sucks for her. Her second birthday was spent in the hospital. Her final seven months alone with her mommy were basically destroyed by my being on strict bedrest. She grew up in a house where the sheer fact that we had three at one time was a very large force.
She is the most amazing child I have ever seen. She has the most beautiful heart. She is so loving! She sees it as such an honor, a duty, to lead others. She seriously studies her Bible. She does it without us telling her to, pointing her to, forcing her to. She just wants to be in God's word. She takes it to heart the idea of teaching the younger and being a good role model for the younger children that she is around. She reads stories to her siblings (and other kids), comforts children when they get hurt, and almost consistently, does what she is told.
She is the smartest child I have ever seen. Let me explain this, because a million mothers say this crap but rarely is it true. The girl TAUGHT HERSELF to read when she was three. I'm serious! She came out one day, and just started reading. We had not been going over it or trying to teach her. She just learned it. Truthfully, I had made it a goal to read at least two books to her every single day, but still...That was crazy. That was my first hint. The next is that she has a photographic memory. I am serious. To try to explain it to you...half way through the AWANA semester, she memorized ALL of the Bible verses that they had. Then, last Wednesday, she was told to memorize the entire book of James in the Bible...last night, guess what happened? The girl did! She memorized the whole thing! An ENTIRE book in the Bible! WHAT!? I mean, my husband and are smart, but this kid!? I swear she is on the level of genius! How does a child memorize a whole book in four days!?
I don't even really know how to communicate how amazing she is. It really has nothing to do with her intellectual ability, because quite frankly, she is still amazing without that. I think what makes her so fantastic in my mind is that she has the most beautiful heart. She was my first born. She was the first child that ever grew in my body. She was my first experience of what it was to take care of someone, to teach them, to train them in humanity, to prepare...Yes, I know that my preparing, teaching, taking care of, and training are not finished yet, but she has been my first. She is such a radiant light. I am so thankful for her.
So happy Birthday to my firstborn. I don't think this blog even begins to do justice to how absolutely wonderful you really are.
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