Courage is being
brave. Courage is
facing your fears.
Courage is being confident
in yourself.
Edie recently wrote this right before bedtime one night. I found it on the nightstand the next morning. She shrugged it off as something she was supposed to write for school.
I am biased, but I think it’s one of the most beautiful, truest things ever written.
I am posting it here in honor of her 10th birthday. Motherhood is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life and one of the most rewarding. Every time I read this, I realized we’ve done something right with her.
Chicken Wire & Paper Flowers 
That is a keeper (the girl and her wise words). I say frame it!
How beautiful, and most wise to know this at age ten. I know you must be incredibly proud of her!
I agree with 6512, that one is a keeper. What a wise girl you have.
The wisdom that comes from our kids never ceases to amaze and humble me. You have a very wise poet there.
That is beautiful. So perfect.