Dear Sprout,
We're coming up on your second Christmas, and I'm thinking about the way that your birth has changed the way I view the entire Christmas story. As a teenage girl, I identified with Mary as a scared girl facing the unknown, but as your mother, I identify with her in a totally different way. Last year, I remember nursing you on Christmas Eve after reading the Christmas story to you and your cousins, and thinking about Mary, holding her newborn in that bare stable and doing the same; thinking about his future.
We're coming up on your second Christmas, and I'm thinking about the way that your birth has changed the way I view the entire Christmas story. As a teenage girl, I identified with Mary as a scared girl facing the unknown, but as your mother, I identify with her in a totally different way. Last year, I remember nursing you on Christmas Eve after reading the Christmas story to you and your cousins, and thinking about Mary, holding her newborn in that bare stable and doing the same; thinking about his future.
This year, I've had almost 18 months to watch you grow toward the man you will be someday. While I may not have been given an announcement from an angel that you are born to great things, I pray and believe that you have been. While I pray that I never have to face the loss that loomed in Mary's future, I do hope that you will make a huge impact for God. I pray that your father and I will give you and Teeny good examples to emulate, and that you will greatly surpass both of us. My greatest wish for you is that you grow "in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man."
Love Always,
Mommy
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