things I pray you'll be

In my 31 years on this earth I've done a lot. I've tested boundaries, pushed myself outside my comfort zone, and cried my way through some pretty tough times. I've loved and lost, laughed and screamed, been the crazy one, the entitled one,  the lonely one, and at times the happiest one. In all of that beautiful messiness I came through it better than the day before. 

There are a long list of things I want Ryleigh to experience and learn from just as I have, and there are so  many things I pray that she'll be/do having come out the other side of every situation good or bad. 

I pray that she'll accept when she's wrong, and take accountability for her actions. 

I pray that she'll seek out and befriend the child in the corner when no one else is noticing. 

I pray that she'll speak her mind in a courteous and respectful way to those around her. 

I pray that she'll dream big, bigger, biggest. 

I pray that she'll never stop learning about the world around her and all God has to offer. 

I pray that she'll  grow in her relationship with God, and know His love for her is unfailing.

I pray that she'll not concern herself with the material things of this life. 

I pray that she'll find her own path, and know that we will support her through it. 

I pray that she'll come through adversity with a strength that endures long after each trial. 

I pray that she'll forgive easily as God forgives. 

I pray that she'll fall in love and experience the love I feel everyday in my marriage. 

I pray that one day she'll have and love a child and come to understand just how much I love her. 

As for me...

I pray I have the strength as her mom to help guide her in the way God would have her go. Many roads in life are bumpy, with twists and turns, and oftentimes dead ends, but I know that with God's faithfulness, our encouragement, and her sweet heart, we can navigate the way together making it one heck of a ride.