Today

Nuggets,

I hope you spend your entire lives looking for laughter, choosing to be happy, and celebrating joy. I hope that when grief arrives you recognize it as temporary, and bare the weight of it patiently. I hope that you know personally and passionately, the God who has carried us all through so many challenges that I can't name them all. I hope you know that Daddy and I, while vastly imperfect (something I anticipate you will cover greatly in your adult psychotherapy sessions), loved you with all that we had and absolutely gave you the best that we had to offer.

I hope you always have a sense of delight in adventure. I hope you spend time in nature (hiking, camping, etc). I hope you respect the earth and do your best to take care of it. I hope that you have insight to know what is good and what is not, and courage to act wisely in challenging situations. I hope you have self control.

Today, I hope you take time to notice the beautiful things around you, and the different forms that they come in. I love you!