She Blooms...

She blooms....and time goes by so quickly. When she was a baby from the moment she saw what a butterfly was, she was entranced. Butterflies everywhere, dangling from the ceiling in her room, painted on her shelves. She couldn't get enough of them. She reminds me of a butterfly. Always fluttering from here to there. Never remaining in the same spot for long. Ever inquisitive and with so much energy. Here recently I have been noticing so many changes in her. She has so many questions. Long gone are the days when she got out her pretend makeup and dressed up for us. Now she asks for real makeup and longingly waits until I say, "Okay you can wear it to school." I so want her to wait and enjoy the moments as they come instead of rushing through them so quickly and growing up too fast. It is all so bittersweet to me. Watching her grow is both painful and joyful. She is my butterfly...so with my vision and her beauty I froze time with these. Someday her and I will look through all the photos I have taken of her and watch her transformation.

Once again in the words of Nathalie Merchant, "Pale green eyes, strawberry hair, lips so sweet, skin so fair..." That is my little girl. You are a gift that I will always treasure. I love you Stinkerbell!