Britney is 19 today!!!!

  Today, our baby girl turned 19! She has been an adventure since the moment we found out she was coming!

She has taught me how to be a mom. There have been days I could only hope we all would survive! I could not plead for the morning joy enough!!!!

Then, there are the days like the day she announced she asked Jesus into her heart! Oh, how the angels gathered to sing that day!!!

I was blessed to have her home with me for 6yrs. of schooling. We watched the fruit of those yrs. of learning independence when she walked the stage this last summer.

She now is living in apartment working full time, deciding what her path will be in life. Praying she chooses quickly! ;)

I can think of many times she had me tears because she was growing up  TOO FAST and many times I questioned "will you ever grow up!"?

It is so amazing to watch God's grace & mercy on ALL His children! The day I got that precious bundle of joy, I had no clue what I was doing but I did know...she had my heart! She came so helpless and dependent. Now she is fierce and independent! Did I mention she came at 3:07AM via c-section? No, we couldn't make our appearance easy! ;)

I wouldn't trade one moment with that precious girl for anything!!! 

In a week or so, she will come home for Thanksgiving and birthday celebrations. Yes, I know Thanksgiving is still 2 wks away,but we work around the days our family can be together.  NOT necessarily a calendar. She needs to work to survive and we want to spend time with her, OUR thanksgiving will be when she can be here.  After all, shouldn't we be thankful to God daily??!! And year round?!

Almost 4 yrs ago, we got a glimpse of God's sacrifice of His dear son Jesus. It was when we laid our battle down and gave her our blessing to do what she felt she needed to do. It was the closest to crazy, I have ever been. Now, I look back knowing "it was all a part of His plan".  (A line from one of my favorite songs.) I had known from the day she was born, that she one day would leave. I never dreamed it would have been so early, yet I did and did not want to live in reality.

Now, I am very proud of the young lady that I often refer to as "our baby girl", because in my heart, she still is our baby girl!

One sad, yet happy momma this day!