Happy 18th Birthday!

My beloved daughter,

Today is your 18th birthday, I wish you have a great time to celebrate with your friends and family!
For mom, it's a very special day, it brings me a lot of memory of your birth and how we raise you up in the past. I remember of your birth of only 6.05 pounds, however, you are as tall as mom now! Sometimes I hope to hold you like a baby or bear on my lap. By the way, I still save up some of your favorite toys and clothes in the closet, may be one day, you can show it to your child as a sharing of memory.

Even by now, I still thanks God to have you as my child. You are always listening and understanding, mature to deal with problems and willing to drive yourself to be a better person. As you have said this morning, you are always behave like a good kid, what's more I can ask for! However, the most I treasure is the sharing between us, any topics about your work, your school and even your love life! Although I realize one day you may move out or work somewhere else, remember mom will be always here to listen to your stories, no matter sorrow or laughter, ups or downs in life.

As of now, you are consider a young adult. What is this mean to you? To mom, I don't have an answer for you, it takes time for you to explore and find out. But as Christian, I would like to share this quote from Psalm 1 as a gift to you: Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night!

Love you forever!


Mom