August First…A Day of Celebrating Life…

Today, four years ago, August 1, 2002 our lives changed forever! Our precious little one, Victoria Joy Watson was born. As a wife and now a mother, I never realized how quickly things changed the instant she would be placed on my stomach. It was at that moment, that I knew I was a mom! I had grown up looking at my mom as an example all of my life and couldn’t wait to be a mom myself. I knew that one day my little girl would be doing the same. Now was my opportunity to teach her what I had learned and gleaned from my mom!

Victoria has become such a little girl over the past four years. So many of you that are having new babies and starting your family now…cling to the moment of your little one! They are such precious moments that go by so fast!

Over the past four years she has learned so many things. She is now learning how to spell different words and perfecting the writing of her name! It is amazing to me how they grow-up! She is such a motherly little thing too. She takes care of her brother and tries to teach him all the things she is learning! He has a great teacher.

So on this day, we make it a special day for her! We know that as she grows up we will cherish these times with her…for on today, two years ago, August 1, 2004, her Grandma went home to be with the Lord! What an amazing thing! Can you imagine what it is like to see our Heavenly Father? After talking to a good friend of mine and telling her how I dread this date every year, as it comes closer and closer…she told me to Celebrate Life on this day…So that is what I am doing!

Celebrating the life of my daughter and what she means to me and celebrating the life of my mother-in-law and what she meant to me! Life is a precious thing, and I have learned the hard way, that you never know when that life will be gone!

So today, Victoria, I love you and I pray as you grow up that you will learn what love is all about. The unconditional love your Heavenly Father shows you everyday! My prayer for you is that you grow up to be sensitive to everyone and everything around you! I am so proud that you are my daughter and will continue to be the example that I need to be to you!