I now have a nine-year-old. Yes, nine--as in half way to a grown person. Incredible.
Can it get more special than to have your birthday happen when your family is on holiday in England? My girl got to spend the morning being pampered by her Nana, then it was back to Nana and Papa's house in the afternoon for a simple party with siblings and cousins. Just lovely.
We started Trishna's birthday off with an idea I gathered from Sally Clarkson. At breakfast, everyone in the family had a turn telling her what we love and value about her, then we prayed for her forthcoming year.
I think this will become a new birthday tradition for us--it's so powerful to speak out encouraging words little spirits long and need to hear.
"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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