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At Home With Jesus!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Happy Birthday, Julie
My beautiful, amazing daughter turned 12 today.
TWELVE! ....(As in...one year away from becoming a teenager!  )
It seems impossible, and yet just looking at her, she is in every way becoming a young lady.
It breaks my heart, and yet at the same time I am excited for this new season in her life.
This is the age when my own mother and I became best friends, and I have high hopes that Julie and I will share that same, special bond.
One of the gifts that we bought for her for her birthday was the Max Lucado book
The Oak in the Acorn.
 If you haven't read this book....you MUST! (although I must warn you...if you're anything like me, have a box of tissues handy, because I was a sobbing mess by the end!)
It is a beautiful parable about knowing when to 'let go' and let our babies grow into exactly what God made them to be. I thought it was very fitting gift for Julie, as she enters into this next chapter of her life.
Due to Paul's illness, we had a very 'low key' day today.
I gave the kids a vacation day from school, and we relaxed around the house this morning.
Julie also opened her gifts Among other things... she received her book, a Webkins, and her 'traditional' birthday gift from Paul and I - a figurine from the Precious Moments 'Growing in Grace' series for her collection.
She was very pleased with them all, but perhaps her best gift this year was just a simple hug from dad...who happened to feel well enough to get out of bed long enough to watch her open her gifts.
 Everyone else gave her lots of hugs, too...
Then, Paul headed back to bed, and so in order to give him a chance to get some sleep we headed out for a birthday celebration/lunch at.... Chuck E Cheese.
Oooops... I mean....
Yeah - not my favorite place, but that's where the birthday girl really wanted to go.....
So....
We ate
We played
  
We
went to the car and used a gallon of hand sanitizer
had a great time.
This evening we had a quiet dinner at home and watched home movies from when Julie was a little bitty baby. Oh....what a bittersweet walk down memory lane.
Julie helped bake her own cake this year, and she completely decorated it all by herself!
Didn't she do a wonderful job?!!!
Happy birthday sweet, Julie.
We love you forever!
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