A long way traveled

I sit here today looking back at old pictures & it hits me just how long it's been since we started this journey together. Well some may think 4 & 1/2 years is not very long, but I think the harder the journey the longer it feels. Or more so the more you can appreciate each minute of it. This "journey" I speak of, I know it's quite cliche to call...LIFE....a "journey"....right? Most of us refer to "life" as a journey. Yet isn't a "journey" supposed to be fun all the time, be a "voyage" that is full of grand moments. I guess growing up my imagination ran wild & believed so. Think for a moment though if a "journey" is the "act of traveling from one place to the other" than my dear LIFE is in fact a journey. It's made up of moments in time each one leading to the next "place" you will find yourself. I can't help but to look at our life together, us two, mommy & daughter as one long journey thus far. We have traveled many miles together both figuratively (as in pics) & metaphorically speaking. Sophia has had much to endure in this short time of her life & well as her protector I have endured it with her. For those that don't know the history you can read back to the beginning & only catch a small glimpse (hopefully one day I'll go back & post some stuff of the journey so far or I'll just post when my heart says to, like it did tonight). If this is a blog for myself & Sophia than here it goes.

Sophia my most precious treasure I could ever find, I love you endlessly! I want nothing but abundant Grace to be bestowed upon you, as you have bestowed upon me my sweet girl. (I should have made your middle name Grace....Sophia Grace!! You have been my travel buddy unconditionally & what a loving one you are. Heaven sent without a doubt. Our journey has made us better people, more so you have made me a better person. You have taught me that even though we travel from place to place with heavy loads on our back, we should always smile as we attempt to stand tall. You have taught me that perfection does exist, you are perfect! Never let anyone make you feel different. I fight so hard to make you "perfect", give you a "better" quality of life but you truly are already amazingly perfect! I pray Papa Dios guards your heart always, because with a strong heart everything is bearable. I promise to do my best to always keep that smile on your face. To travel this long road with Grace & for those moments I don't please forgive me my sunshine. Sometimes mama's back does get tired of carrying heavy loads from "place to place", but your the reason why I'll always get back up even when I'm weary! Thank you for being my inspiration, the reason I keep going. I hope I have been the reason you stayed & have kept going so strong! Your a fighter, a strong willed little girl, so caring & kind to all you meet! Never let the journey change your spirit & if you feel it changing go back & remember where we started!

Te adoro
Your lifelong travel companion

-6.7.13, 1 Yr. & 7 Mths. Young

-4.15.16, 4 Yrs. & 6 Mths. Young