True Beauty.....

As i sit and write this..

there is beautiful little girl..

Twirling around me..

Wearing a sparkling tiara..

Princess skirt..

and dress up shoes..

That she is surprisingly

very agile in....

She waves a wand around...

singing

"Beautiful Girl, Beautiful Girl"

I love this moment..

I love how she so easily accepts

she is beautiful..

I love that the words

"Aria, you are beautiful"

fall on listening ears..

She has no reason to doubt this..

She has never known rejection..

Never had someone doubt her..

Never felt the sting of..

You are not good enough..

You are not beautiful..

All she knows is the love her mommy and daddy give her,

All she knows is the truth

that as we grow we forget..

We are Fearfully and Wonderfully made..

And we are Loved.

My heart aches for the days

The days that I know will come..

When she hears the first lie..

The lie telling her..

she is not beautiful..

she is not enough..

She needs something else to be beautiful..

So I will fight..

so that

my daughter knows true beauty..

that she knows

true Love is from God..

And even on her darkest days..

There is Someone who loves her..

Someone who created her..

Someone who thinks she is beautiful...

So I joined a little project called Project 31..

For that little Princess twirling around...