Little Big Girl

In two weeks my oldest child is going to be a teenager.  I wonder where all the time has gone and how I got so old. :)  I'm going to share a poem that I wrote for her when she was about 15 months old.  It is about how she was growing up so fast.  Now that she is almost 13 years old, it seems like it went even faster than that first year or so of her life.  It doesn't matter how old she gets, she will always be my baby girl, always and forever!  I love you, Destiny!

 

Little Big Girl

 

Joy you bring to my heart

With every single glance

Laughter you bring to my eyes

As you shake and dance

 

You crawl up in the rocking chair

And smile so big at me

You think you're such a big girl

And you make sure I can see

 

You get on your tricycle

"Rmmmm, Rmmmm", off you go

You're getting bigger each day

This you seem to know

 

You always know just what you want

And that I'll grant all your wishes

Then I get my rewards

With big girl hugs and kisses

 

You look at me as if to say,

"Mom, I'm all grown up"

Now that you have traded

Your bottle for your cup

 

We go for walks, holding hands

You sometimes pull away

More and more independent

You become every day

 

You have gotten so much bigger

Since you first came in my world

My little bitty newborn baby

Is now my little big girl!

 

-LaDawn Cossey

April 24, 2002