The other day, Mike was downstairs looking for something in the girls' room, and came across a piece of paper that was completely filled with words. Of course, his curiosity got the best of him and he had to read it. He came upstairs and showed it to me. I read it, thinking it was just another goofy story that one of the girls had made up (I need to post their stories. You guys? They are some of the funniest things I have ever read.) The first line of the poem told me that it wasn't going to be anything I expected. Oh my gosh. I honestly thought that Laney had copied a poem from a book, or had copied something from a movie. Oh no...she wrote it. And I'm not talking 4 or 5 lines, here. This was a whole sheet of paper filled. And it wasn't the type of poem that was cute and rhymed and was about cute kittens in a basket. This was straight from her heart. I got to the middle and had to wipe my eyes to read the rest of it. Laney found us reading it and was pretty upset. She told us that she read it to Chloe and Chloe laughed at her, so she didn't want to read it to anyone else. We talked with her for a long time about how Chloe doesn't know how to react to things that she doesn't understand, so she just laughs. And then we talked about what an amazing talent that God has blessed her with, and about using our talents for Him. She has such a tender heart.
Oh man, I wish I could post her poem here. I'll ask her if I can, but I'm not getting my hopes up. It was like pulling teeth to have her let us read it to both of her grandmas.
I'm so thankful for this wonderful little lady that God has allowed us to raise.
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Poetry is so one of those things that comes from the heart and is super personal, but I still hope she lets us read it! And I also hope she keeps it up!!
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