Dear Ellie,
Happy 2015 Sweet Girl!
Final Thought: Slow
down.
With the New Year brings new goals. Mine is to stay in the moment and be
present. After an amazing month
and half of holiday craziness, I found myself craving our routine (we were
watching too much tv and reading too few books). I found myself saying to you often, “I missed you today,”
despite us being in the same house.
Saying that aloud made me really hear the words… “I missed you today,”
when you were right there but I was too busy wrapping presents, sending cards,
decorating, and finding a million more things to do except taking advantage of
time with my beautiful children.
Your resolutions for 2015 are: to say I love you more and to
spend more time with Poppy. My
prompt for you to understand the word resolution was, “What are things you can
do to be a better person in 2015”.
Of course, coming off of a fun afternoon with your Poppy (Chick Filet,
bowling, and Sweet Frog), I would completely agree with that second resolution
too!
He brings you many smiles!
But I have to say that although I know everyone has room to
improve, I am so proud of who you are now. Here is a beautiful example. I loved that after opening only two presents on Christmas
morning, you stopped (despite the large pile in front of you), came over and
wanted me to open the gifts you lovingly and thoughtfully picked out. The first was a cat ornament you chose
because you thought it would remind me of my cat that I had as a little
girl. The second was a star
bracelet (actually I should say stars because there are multiple sizes, some
with sparkles that dangle from the gold band), which you bought while shopping
with your Dad.
He was trying to
steer you toward the scarves and long necklaces but you told him you knew I
would love this best of all. And
Ellie, I do. I will keep it
forever.
May 2015 bring you much happiness and love Ellie!
Love,
Mom
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