Wasn't It Just Yesterday

Wasn't it just yesterday...

 I was rocking you to sleep as a baby in my arms...

and swinging you on the playground after Sunday School?

Wasn't it just yesterday...

that you thought every character at Disney World was your very best friend?

Your zest for life and sweet spirit

 made the toddler and preschool years pure joy.

Remember when you dressed up as Laura Ingalls

for one of our many homeschool events? 

I cannot believe how fast those twelve years flew by!

What a precious little ballerina you were. 

Wasn't it just yesterday you were taking lessons?

Then at the blink of an eye,

 the teen years we upon us.

And I found myself taking lots of

deep breaths and praying—even more—

especially when you got your first car...

and went to your first dance alone with a guy—in his car.

Wasn't it just yesterday that you were

sitting on your dad's lap as he read to you? 

By the time your prom came around, you were as tall as him.

The day of your graduation,

I could not contain all the emotions welling up within me. 

My baby was graduating,

and our homeschool days would be no more.

As I have watched you blossom into

a beautiful young woman...

my heart has yearned for days of old,

when I would hold you in my arms and sing silly, childish songs with you.

But those days will never be again.

Now, you have given me a precious granddaughter...

who in many ways helps me to see you...

as you once were.

In my heart, you will always be my little girl,

and now...

you are also my special friend!

I love you Asheley Elizabeth!  Happy 23rd Birthday! 

Sharing at Beverly's Pink Saturday.

Be sure to visit Jeanette at Good Mornin' Beautiful and let her know you found her by way of the Brambleberry Cottage.