Lead&Ink

4
DAYS LEFT
DOG LOVER · KID LOVER

Dear Daughter, I want you to know…
The most honest thing a mother can tell you is this — God knew exactly who you were going to be long before you arrived in my arms. God promised He would keep you safe and sound then and I know He will as you journey to college. I saw the discernment in you from the way you would look at people when they reached for you and how you would respond. You could always choose and know which people and path you needed to take. I also noticed how others would be mesmerized by your personality from kids to adults! Even now, your teachers say “I love Madi’s personality- it’s infectious!”
You are also known as the kid whisper and the dog whisperer!

I saw it in the way you couldn’t walk past a dog without stopping, without kneeling all the way down, without making sure that animal knew it was seen and loved.

I saw it in the way little ones would find their way to you in a room full of people — like they could feel that you were a safe place. That you would get on their level. That you would look them in the eyes and make them feel like the most important person in the world. And you did, Madi. Every time.

That tenderness you carry — that is not weakness. That is one of the rarest and most powerful gifts a soul can hold. In a world that moves too fast and loves too casually, you slow all the way down for the ones who need it most.

Children trust you. Animals feel you. And as your mother, I want you to know — I have witnessed this gift in you from the very beginning, and it has filled my heart in ways I will spend the rest of my life trying to describe.

Four days, my tender-hearted girl. Four days.

Love you,
Mommy