To Audrey.....

My Darling Audrey,
You don't know how my heart aches every time I have to walk out the door without you when I leave for school. When I see you frantically trying to say goodbye at the door and racing to the window to blow me kisses and standing there watching till I have gone completely out of site. Many days I have left the drive in tears. I want you to know I am tearing myself away from you because I want the best for you. I want to give you those days you beg for beside the sea and the trips to the museums and the animals and I want us as a family to know what it is to have free weekends and be able to truly rest. My sweet girl how I love your passionate heart. It used to annoy me that you had to say goodbye a hundred times. Now I see your need to make a final connection. I see my own heart in yours every time you tell me you love me at the door, you ask to kiss me, you tell me so fervently you will miss me. I hardly know what to do with all the love you have to offer. I hardly feel worthy to call you mine. But I write with a thankful heart you are mine and that Father saw fit to bring me such a gift and wonder as you. I love you my sweet daughter and look forward to weeks listening to the sounds of the waves crashing as we make our sand castles and play ....finally play....