Love in Action Journey

13 years ago, God gave us the precious gift of a beloved first born daughter. In what feels like a blink of the eye, our "little bear" has stepped from childhood into becoming a precious, beautiful teenager this past weekend. This mommy is soaking in every little cuddle from my growing-up princess ...  And this daddy could not be any prouder of the gem that our Tianna is in all our lives ... I loved watching her soak in the joy of every moment of her day. From opening pressies ... To hanging with her special JHB cuzzies and family ... She appreciated every moment of her day! A total highlight was her "lumo" party that night. These sweet girls danced, swam, chatted, played ball and had SUCH fun. May they never loose their child-like simple joy of life. A "forever" moment for me was having all her family gathered around her to bless her as she stepped into becoming a young lady.  And it meant THE WORLD to ...

My precious firstborn had the best day yesterday. She has been waiting for 2 things over the last 2 weeks ... Firstly ... to chop all her hair off. I tried and tried to talk her out of it, but this little bear knows exactly what she has in mind so off to my lovely friend Sandra's salon we went and she had some pampering done. Just take a look at her sweet little face soaking up all the "big girl" treatment ...  Just look at how beautiful my little girl looks! What a stunner!!! What touched my heart most was that when she looked at herself in the mirror she was able to say with confidence "I am so beautiful". Yes my precious Tianna, you are absolutely beautiful! May you always know that and carry your confidence with such simple grace. Now the second thing that she has been waiting for not-so-patiently is for her letter to arrive in the post from her Lala. As we got home she checked the post box and low and behold ... her letter arrived!!!! It was truly her day...