on the edge of seventeen

she'll turn 18 on valentines day

18?

where did that one go?

am i really old enough to have an 18 year old?

wasn't i just 18?

my sweet friend kim posted recently about how much 

she loves the current age (4) of her daughter kate.

that is indeed such a precious age and was one of my favorites too.

i've enjoyed (almost-wink) every age as my daughters have grown up.

but honestly, 17 would rival almost any.

what a fantastic time in savannah's life

full of excitement &

on the brink of much potential.

she updated her resume this week

for an upcoming job interview.

i came across it the other day

& honestly it stopped my in my tracks.

two pages full of accomplishments

most of which i am aware of 

but honestly a few i didn't even know.

it's all i can do to refrain from sharing

all the things she listed.

i'm serious.

i don't want to be an obnoxious mom who thinks their child is perfect

but i was blown away.

i was thinking

& getting choked up ~

as i do every. single. time. i think of her leaving

for college in just a few months,

when i realized

we made it.

she made it.

that brown eyed baby girl

who was just a little thing watching her daddy slip from this earth

in what seems sometimes like yesterday.

oh how he loved her

& was always so proud to show her off

to everyone!

he was a good looking , smart , athlete

who loved the lord.

& she has turned out exactly the same.

to witness over these 17 years

the amazing , brilliant, gorgeous, godly young woman

she has become

makes me nothing but the proudest.

i think i get emotional

every.single.time

i think of her leaving

because it symbolizes so much for me.

feeling completely vulnerable with 3 baby girls

years ago

& now to see where the Lord has brought us

humbles me in ways i can barely verbalize.

SMK

you might not be a perfect person

but you are the perfect daughter for me

& baby girl

you have done well!

 

 

 

she's on the edge of 17.

it is going to break my heart to see her walk away 

& out of our little life- as- we've- known- it that day.

but i know she will accomplish 

many 

& great things

in the years ahead of her

& that fills me with more joy 

than a mom's heart can bear to hold.