Dear Jessica,
Congratulations on achieving this major milestone, your high school graduation. You haven’t decided what you’ll study next, and that’s okay. In several ways you’re living a blank slate right now, making this a time of particular opportunity.
There
are many things I didn’t teach you, but I know you’ve learned the most
important thing: God loves you
unconditionally, and no matter what your future holds, you have a home in His
Church. Despite all my omissions, under
God’s guidance I did hand you the seed of faith, which I can see growing inside
you, and which actually gives you everything else with it.
“For truly, I say to
you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will
say to this mountain, ‘Move from hence to yonder place,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” --Matthew 17:20
You’ve
brought me great joy over the years. I
wish that I could hold back time. I
would hold on to you with all my might.
But that wouldn’t be God’s plan.
So, onward—but please look backward, every now and then, at our time
together with fondness and forgiveness.
I love you so much.
Many
blessings,
Mom
On the
video: I couldn’t resist putting this
together. I hope you like it. Despite the many smiles you’ll see, your path
has not always been easy. Blood draws, a
spinal tap, eye surgery, and an especially frightening major choking incident—all
before you were six. And of
late…disappointments and strained relationships. And, (spoiler alert) it doesn’t get easier
from here. I will always pray that you
see Him in the midst of it all, that you’ll look up, and that you’re Better For
It.
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