MOIRA,
I hope when you read this letter
years from now, you’ll know how amazing and special you are and even at 4 years
old people are SO drawn to you! You are probably the most popular 4 year old in
the world. I should have started writing these letters to you 4 years ago but I
will try to make up for the first 3 by writing straight from my heart.
Wow! Tomorrow is a very big Day!
You will be 4!!! There will be a ROCK N ROLL Party in your honor at Pops’ Sugar
Shack right down the road, and you can’t wait to see all of your friends and
your cousins are even here from Connecticut.
Let me start by describing you!! First, you are SO smart!
You amaze me every day with your questions and reasoning. You always want to
know how and why and ask such important questions that keep me wondering
exactly how the world works as well. You love to read with you Dad each night
and ask such intriguing questions. He is so proud of you and loves your time
together. You have an amazing sense of humor! Lately you have been telling knock-knock
jokes (some better then others) but you love when everyone laughs along with
you.
You are a FASHIONISTA! Most of our
disagreements have come from trying to dress you in the mornings and you have
learned that you LOVE dresses and skirts and even after of hard day of play you
always seem put together. But most important you are sweet, sensitive and
empathetic. You truly care for those around you and you hate to see anyone
suffer. You offer words of encouragement and praise and I love to hear you tell
Emma how proud you are of her small accomplishments. You are a good friend;
sister and you never leave anyone out.
You have
achieved so much this year and have so many different talents. You love to sing
and dance and put on shows- or ROCK OUT as you call it. You and your father
have spent a lot of time riding your 2 wheeler with training wheels and you can
make it all away around the block with almost no help. You enjoy movies and Disney shows and going
to the Opera with NANA. You love sleepovers and walking down to your Grammy and
Poppas. You LOVE to color and draw and illustrate stories. You are very
artistic and creative and we hang almost all of you pictures on the fridge. You
danced in your first recital-tap and ballet- and LOVE your friends at Conklin
Pre-School.
Moira you are simply my miracle.
You have put here on earth for many reasons, but mostly to change me. I have
achieved the most important role of a lifetime when you were born-your Momma! I
have become a much better person because of you and I never thought possible
that love could be this strong. You make me so proud and I love that you love
me back. Your entire family can’t get enough of you and everyone wants a little
piece of you. That’s usually what hurts me the most, the thought of anyone else
getting to share you and your love. Next year at this time I’ll be prepping
myself to send you off to kindergarten and I know you are going to be fine-but
I’ll be jealous of your new world without your momma. My heart is so full of
pride it actually feels that it may explode from love. You tell me all the time
that we are BFF’s (best friends forever) and it melts my heart. I even had
Cuckoo record you saying it just in case you change your mind someday around
age 13.
The world is a scary place and part
of me wishes I could freeze time-put us in a bubble and not let anything and
anyone near us. But I know you are meant for such bigger things then I could
ever offer you and that you will take the world by storm one way or another.
I’ll be here cheering you on every step of the way reminding you that no matter
what I am on your team. You are my sunshine and my wish come true.
The quote below if from Finding
Nemo- a movie we watched for quite a
while until TINKER BELL came out (You now watch that EVERY night-sometimes
against your will).
It sums up how I get the nerve up
each to day to share you with the world:
BE BRAVE
Marlin: I promised I’d never let anything happen to him.
Dory: Hmm. that’s a funny thing to promise.
Marlin: What?
Dory: Well, you can never let anything happen to him. Then
nothing would ever happen to him. Not much fun for little Harpo.
Moira E. -My First Princess- I LOVE YOU! You are a dream
come true!
Happy Fourth
Birthday-
Love your BFF,
MOMMA
