Another Start

Well, it's finished and all is as it should be. She waited for a while and the cramming is over. (They take it seriously here, and it should be.) She stood there and accepted it without any of the little girl symptoms that could have happened. The sad part is MY "little girl" isn't so little any longer.

In front of His Excellency, Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, Michaila was confirmed into full communion with the Church. It seems like yesterday she was taking her first Holy Communion. She was so nervous then. Those wobbly legs carrying her to the priest to receive. Her uneasiness of taking the host and what "exactly" to do with it. But she survived. There were many trials to get to that point and many to get to this one, but we are all better for it.

Today, I am seeing someone else. My little girl may be disappearing before my eyes but who is replacing her is still just as amazing. Today, she confidently walked up to the Bishop. Today, she is much more sure of herself. And today, I lose just a little more of my "little girl".

Next will be driving and dating. The sleep lost (not unlike when she was a baby) because of her new found freedoms. The trials of young adulthood and making those important decisions about her future, what ever it may be.

But for now, for today, I will enjoy what has happened. Her mother and I have tried our best and have many hopes for her future. This step, taken today, was hers. I am hopeful the other choices she makes will make Mom and Dad just as thankful.