Letter To My Daughter,
Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2009
by Linda DeWitt
A letter to my daughter:
Dear Michelle,
I just wish I were more poetic and better able to express myself and my feelings. As I re read your letter to me as your Mom I am grateful for your forgiveness of me and my actions. Please don't be too hard on yourself, my moral standards were not the greatest and you weren't always raised in the greatest of environments. I will make no excuses for that, I know that God has forgiven me and I know He has forgiven you. I must say when God's word says the reason my people suffer and die is due to lack of knowledge, I so understand that today. I believe that the great devastation in one's life is emotional.
I know that you are having and really rough time right now and I rightfully so, you are still human and that is as high as you are going to get. I must say that hanging onto Matthew, Chapter 5 and learning how to live the Beatitudes without the begats carried me through over and over, time and time again.
Most of all I wanted to let you know how much I love you and how proud I am of you. I pray that you will let God carry you through these troubling times.
Love
Mom
P.S It is really hard for me not to preach, must come from my Grandmother.
Bio: Born in Ark. (Year unknown) I am the mother of three, grandmother of ten, greatgrandmother of soon to be five. I have spent the last 32 years learning how to live a spiritual way of life and it has been the most magnificent journey ever. My hobby is painting with oils. Being able to paint is a dream come true and I am so grateful God brought it to fruition. I love to fish but arthur(ritis) has other plans for me. I love life and I believe its a good day if I wake up and I'm breathing in and out. Whenever I get the oppurtunity I spread the word about God's Grace.
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)hi linda,this was a well written, and heartfelt article.i can relate, i have been through a lot as well, and my daughter is 23, also going through the troubles of life.my heart aches for her, and yet, i know she is going through the life God is guiding for her.thanks for sharing your thoughts, and i hope you continue writing,welcome to searchwarp,best regards,sue thomThank you Sue. I must apologize for having this on the site twice. I didn't know the first one got accepted and I decided to edit it and so they are almost duplicates.
Dear Linda,This is so touching and loving. While we teach our children the value of owning up to their mistakes, it is just as important when parents can apologize to their children as well.Your daughter is blessed to have you as her mom.Thanks for this little epistle.NancyThank you Nancy. Please accept my apology for the almost duplication of the letter. Being new at this I edited the letter and resubmitted it.
Hi Linda,What a lovely letter. It sure is hard to watch our grown "kids" go through things and not preach. Don't feel bad, my mother still lapses into that behavior once in a while and I'm a grandmother! It is hard to bite the old lip sometimes, and sometimes, well, we just don't! I hope it all turns out well for her, she has a great example in you. ValThank you for the encouragment.
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