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Monday
May182009
Recital day
Let's say you have a daughter
who makes things look easy
and has a cheery outlook
and a willing heart
so that
from the outside
others think everything
comes easily,
effortlessly.
From your motherly vantage point
you know
that the placid facade sometimes
belies
an anxious, worried interior
that invades her night-time dreams
and terrorizes quiet awake moments.
She still chooses difficult things.
She still chooses sunshine
and defies the pointy, dark worries.
Feeling proud of Miss Maddy today
who rocked her Seitz concerto
in spite of some rocky, worried weeks.
Is there a more heart-filling feeling
than seeing someone you love do difficult things
with courage and grace?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Reader Comments (14)
Way to go, Maddy! And you look a lot like your mom. :)
She's so grown up! I can't get over how quickly they grow up.
Jen
Great pictures of Maddy. Annie, you must be so proud.
Lindsay
Gorgeous pics, my friend, of your very gorgeous girl. Don't you just burst with joy when they overcome difficult things? There is nothing better, I tell you.
oh Maddy is beautiful! An those Seitz concertos... I know them all too well and they are HARD!
She's beautiful.
Oh, what a doll. And how proud I am of her, with her courageous heart and her willingness to work!
these are the moments that make it all worth it.
what a beauty.
Beautifully expressed Mama love/anguish. And beautiful girl
(who does look an awful lot like mama.)
I love recitals and stained glass windows! Congratualtions to a very talented and beautiful daughter!
YESSSSS!!
(picture me doing a little celebratory pull down with my elbow)
Ah, my daughter had a recital this weekend, too. She had planned to do something else and when it was cancelled, she stepped up and did the recital after all. I was so proud of her.
Beautiful Annie, all the way around. Kudos to Maddy for choosing the sunshine.
Very well said, Annie. She is a beautiful girl. What a proud momma moment.