You've Come a Long Way, My Girl!

 It was 17 years ago today that I gave birth to a beautiful, tiny little, blue-eyed girl with dark hair that looked like it had had its tips frosted with blonde.

Elisabeth Joy

 5lbs. 13oz.

She was a smiley little thing.

And the dark hair went away...leaving only the blonde.

  
And while she walked late, she talked almost before she could hold her head up, calling out the names of places we drove past while out doing errands. While not quite accurate, it seemed as though her first words might have been "HOME DEPOT!" The talking has yet to stop. I really think that if she had been sent to school she would have been in constant trouble for her chatter.

 The girl kept up with her brothers... the eldest...and the younger 2. She did everything that they did, deciding that karate looked cooler than ballet...and that climbing trees was a fine thing to do. If she could climb it, she did.

 

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She started reading at age 3...and nothing has stopped her since. She's always been a sharp cookie; starting her first college coursework at 15 and consistently making the Dean's List.

We're very, very proud of her.

 She's enjoyed tenting and "playing outside" and I have to say that, more than the other 3 put together, dirt has been her friend. I have always believed that when dirt sees her, it leaps to her like iron filings to a magnet.
Thank goodness for Shout...Resolve...and Spray and Wash...alternately...and sometimes together.

Fortunately, pink has never been her color.

Glasses... yep.
The better to see the world around her and check it out.

 OK, yeah, everyone ONCE in a while I'd get her into pink.

Upside-down book reading.
Yep.
She enjoys reading anytime, anywhere.
Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Harry Potter...
and Scripture.
Just some of the things along the road.









Happy Birthday to my smart, funny, lovely, outgoing 17 year old daughter.
May you always have something to laugh about, something to hope for, and have Christ as your guide.

I hope you know how much you are loved...now and always.

Lots of Love,    

Mom