This Is Why I Love Her So.....

Grayson, this was sent to you by your Aunt Sharyn on your very 1st birthday. I've been saving it in my email for a whole year and finally decided that if I post it here, you will always be able to read it. It's for you to keep and always know how very loved you are, not only to Mommy and Daddy, but to everyone who knows you! We are so blessed to have our very best friends back in Texas (where they belong, I might add). They helped us so much with our new home and we love them dearly!

"Happy Birthday Mr. Grayson,

So sorry I didn't get you a card so you will have to have mommy print this out so it at least seems like I was thoughtful enough to send you something. I can't believe you are already one!! It seems like just yesterday your mommy told me she was pregnant! I was sooo happy for her because I knew you were going to be everything that she had ever dreamed.

In one years time little one you have accomplished so many great things. You are ahead of the game always I am in such awe of how quickly you mastered all the major stepping stones ahead of schedule. Nothing can slow you down huh? You are a celebrity around here, many nights Mike and I get around the computer to see what you have done now. You are one of the few pictures I allow to remain on my fridge and I keep another picture by my computer and look at you and smile. I am so very much in love with you. I love looking at you and sometimes all I see is your Dad, and that makes me smile because your Dad means a lot to me. He was a part of my childhood and now has re-entered as a friend in my present and I think the world of him and love to watch his face in all your videos. I love seeing him in you. Oh but there is so much of your mommy in that face too! Your mother was an acquaintance for years but became a true friend recently. I hate that I didn't have more time with her, I wished I met her years ago. But none the less I adore her and am in such awe of the mother she has become. I want to be like her and you are so very fortunate to have her for your mommy. I love seeing her in you.

So even though I haven't been fortunate to spend much time with you, which breaks my heart, I love you more than you know I loved you from the moment your mommy turned to me and said she was pregnant. I know this may all seem weird to you seeing as you really have no clue who I am I'm not there for holidays or birthdays and I am not one of the many friends that are there with their kids for play dates I am the one who you met just once but whose heart you hold. I am the one that is married to a man who also loves you dearly and can't get enough of your blog and always ask me what you have been up to lately, but unfortunately you haven't met him yet, but oh how he loves you.

So I tell you all of this so you know just how priceless you are. That not only have you strengthened the bond between your parents and made them better people for knowing you, and tightened the extended family in ways that were unimaginable, but you have even touched the hearts of two people almost 1/2 way across the country.

We are blessed to be able to watch you grow up and witness the miracle that is Grayson Michael Richards. So with all of that said Happy First Birthday Little one, you deserve a great one!!

xoxo,
Mike and Sharyn"
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