~A MOTHER'S BLESSING~ LOVE TO MY DAUGHTER

MY BELOVED DAUGHTER, ADRIENNE

My only daughter, my beautiful Adrienne Rachelle, was born on October 25, 1984 when I was 25 years old. She was the girl I secretly longed for and the child who would eventually become my forever friend. My how she has blessed me! Our relationship transcends that of a parent-child bond and I've always been thankful to God for the gift of her to me!

Thankfully, I've never had to deal with so many of the mother-daughter issues I sometimes read about in the world today. Although my girl and I have not always seen eye to eye and certainly have shared moments of quiet despair, somehow we escaped experiencing the struggles that too often tear down the very relationship that should nurture the soul. I survived Adrienne turning 15 the same year she lived through me turning 40~ I truly believed after that we could make it through anything. With God's grace we did and I expect our future days to be no different.

DEDICATION DAY - 1984
~Momma and her Girl~

When my girl married in September of 2007 my life changed forever. She was the second, and last, of my children to leave home and even though I had 18 months to prepare for her departure it was difficult to let her go. Even now, I miss her daily presence under foot and I'm not quite sure I'll ever reconcile my heart with her being grown and gone. Don't get me wrong...I'm grateful she has a full life and I'd never think of dragging her back home...it's just I miss her. I miss her so much!

A few days before her wedding day I penned this special little poem for her. It is with the most thankful of hearts I share it with you today...

SOFTIE GIRL

I miss the pony tails and ribbons

Tied up in shades of blue

And holding you so gently

As you learned to count to “two”

I miss “I Love You, Mommy”

And the stories read at night

And watching you play hopscotch

And the letters you would write

I miss the pink striped paper

Hung in your room with lace

I miss the toys and teddies

And the sweetness in your face

I miss us baking cookies

And the cotton of your dress

And the smell of baby powder

And playing “Can You Guess?”

I miss your soft, sweet laughter

And the times when you would cry

For I knew that I was needed

Forever by your side

I miss you and your “softie”

And the times when I’d say “No”

And giving in so easy

On the nights you cried out low

I miss your doggie, Haleigh

And you swinging in the yard

And singing songs to heaven

Or “coloring” me a card

I miss you kneeling softly

An honest prayer repent

Knowing you were searching

For the Savior Heaven sent

I miss the school time photos

And the homework, tests and trips

Your voice heard in the choir

And your slight sarcastic ‘quips’

Mostly I just "miss you”

But deep inside I know

That though you leave my presence

In my heart you'll never go

Rebecca Nelson/2007

Thank you, AdrieGirl, for showing me that God's Way is the Only Way! Thank you for always making me feel so special and for your faith in me even when I failed you. I love you...

Blessings to those of you as you give thanks for what is whole...and prayers to those of you who continue to believe that God can restore even the most broken of relationships...Rebecca