A Charming Legacy

For Christmas, my kids gave me the most incredible, heartfelt gift.  With the help of a photographer friend of mine, they reproduced my favorite photo from when they were 7 and 4.  They are now 18 and 15, and my main goal is to be the best mom that I can possibly be.  I have fallen short of that goal on countless occasions.  I have been impatient, said insensitive things, and struggled with incessant worry to the point of smothering overprotection.  In spite of that, they are the two most amazing people God ever put on this earth.  They make me laugh every day.  They make any room brighter with their presence alone.  They remind me daily to not take things so seriously.  And they have grown into exquisite human beings.  I am so proud of them.  They are simply my two favorite blessings.   

The original photo on the left was taken by Cherished Moments Photography, Olympia, WA in 2000.  The one on the right was taken by Nancy Steele at Picture This Photography, 

West Linn, OR.