Tomorrow is the Big Day! You finally get to meet your mommy who so faithfully carried and loved you along with your daddy and sisters, who already adore you. I hope it is a sunny day, birthdays are the best on sunny days. April 7 is a wonderful day to be born and I hope your day is filled with lots and lots of birthday love from those who will help bring you into this world and will care for you, little one.
Most birthday are different than yours. Usually at home, surrounded by cake and presents - your arrival will be a bit more structured although you wouldn't know it by all the people and love you will be surrounded by. You will be held and loved and those familiar voices you have been hearing - will be made real to you.
Your mommy will have a hard time, say a little prayer for her. Birthdays are always hard on mommies and yours will be no exception. Birthdays remind us of times past and fast it really goes. It is easy to say we can't wait to be with Jesus and hard when that wait seems all too soon.
There will be a lot of people thinking about you tomorrow - those of us who couldn't be there with the rest of your family. Lots and lots of people. We will also be thinking of your family. We pray for safe passage for you and your mommy. May your birthday brings joy to her as the years go by. I imagine that Jesus has been as close to her today as He has been to you. May you both rest in His Arms and enjoy this precious time together.
I know there will be lots of people around you tomorrow but if you see that huge, pink balloon with the white twisty ribbon almost touching the hospital ceiling, that's me. Happy Birthday Audrey Caroline, Happy Birthday...
