I can still remember the exact moment
13 (14) years ago
when our Edward slipped into conversations about
the day at school,
that he had had a girlfriend for two weeks
And you know, as a parent maybe your guard gets up a bit,
oh gosh, we think, are we
ready for this
for someone to take your child’s tender heart
and at that age, certainly their
self-esteem, their self-confidence, their
very unique, brilliant and beautiful
self
in hand
and will they possibly know, just what kind of
treasure they
have discovered
as you, their parent, of course already know
so very well
but oh my, then to meet
just the loveliest girl, with her very own kind of
brilliance, beauty and amazingly, wholehearted
uniqueness
that you yourself, their parent
could not possibly have
wished
for anything different
for two so well suited
to recognize in each other
a deep kindness
to love and support, to imagine and
explore
to Laugh…
and to choose, to
walk
in the world
together
all these years, and to many,
many more
we just really couldn’t be happier
and to this brave girl
on behalf of the Willems Family
let me say,
Welcome Emily Jane,
to this day
becoming
one of Us!! ♥♥♥