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30 Days of Thankfulness ~ #9


I am thankful for my Becca, or "Rebecca _ Horry Child" as she told people for many years.

   
My girl who got my genes.  She looks so much like her Momma.  Fair skin that burns just thinking of the sun and blue eyes that have stayed true to blue.  For the most part that is where she stops being so much like me.  In most other areas she is very much like her Daddy.  (That is probably why we get along so well!)  She is adventurous and not really afraid to try just about anything.  She is the one who had her sister take off her training wheels and flew on her bike never looking back.  She has a bit of a temper which she is learning to curb.  My Becca has her mind made up.  All she wants to do is "get a husband and have children".  And as much as we try to get her to understand that only God knows who her husband will be, she has one named (the same little boy going on 2 years...eeek!).  My girl will break out in dance at any given moment if the beat strikes her ~ that from me.  She loves to be silly.  To play.  To enjoy those around her.  She is always thinking of others.  Not a day goes by that she isn't making a picture for a friend, Sunday School teacher, or family member.  She is very competitive and unfortunately cares too much about what others think of her.  Her heart is soft and easily breaks.  My Becca loves the Lord.  I pray that she will fall more and more in love with Him each day as He is the one that will never break her sweet and loving heart.  I love you my Becca Doodle!

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Anonymous said…
Her Daddy also had his bride picked out at her age. Guess what - he changed his mind when he got older and picked someone from far, far away.

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