Glitter In The Air.....

Raise your hand if you are a mom of a graduating college student that didn't have professional or even semi-professional portraits done of your daughter whom is graduating with full honors, with TWO Stoles (did you know that's what those banners are called?)  and honor ropes?

{Hand raised super high}

And so....

*All praises and high-five Grant!

  

That's okay Kali...we can chalk this with the hundred other things this mom has flubbed in the almost 22 years you've roamed this earth.  

I can remember walking up these stairs with you the morning of our tour thinking all along just how far fetched it felt. Daughter leaving HOME for San Marcos, like..what?

Boy oh boy did you put my heart and mind in check. 

This is it for this chapter little one.

Toss glitter in the air, you've surely earned it. 

Welcome to student loan payback mania, and the observation of cost-of-living, and being frugal about living.  Remember not to spend more than you earn.  Credit cards will bite you in the ass if not used properly.  Life can be fair, and more times than not, seem and feel unfair. And that is okay, it is you that must make things right. 

People can bring the best out in you and in a hot second bring out the worst. 

Stay thirsty for your goals, and never settle for an answer you're not sure of. 

Ask again.

And again, if it's not clear.

Being lazy gets you no where. 

And quick.

Keep pushing honey because we are watching you soar. 

On Sunday when you texted me how exhausted you both were on your way back from Vegas at almost noon, and you had work at 6:00am, and a full week of work, along with this weekend coming...and traffic was awful....

My heart had love to toss back.  But deep down in my mama spirit, I thought..."Welcome to adulthood Kali" Welcome to leaving vacation spots a tad bit early so you can get home to prepare.  Welcome to long days of work to collapse and get up and do it all over again.

I know the tenacity that flows through your veins and those two papers you must write to finish off this week will in fact get done even though I know you're overwhelmed.. Which you and I both know will be tough, but YOU will complete it all with perfection like you always have.

(One is 10 pages, the other 6, and she's working full time...boom-holluuhhhh) 

I'm SO proud of you Kali.  

So so proud. 

Tossing glitter in the air from here.

I love you!

Mama

Here's your Kindergarten song. 

Can't hear these words enough. 

I truly hope you dance. Whenever. Forever. 

And please God, let me be here to watch. 

I Hope You Dance

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin'
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin'
Don't let some Hellbent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

I hope you dance (Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along)
I hope you dance

I hope you dance (Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance (Where those years have gone?)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

Dance

I hope you dance
I hope you dance (Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along)
I hope you dance (Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder?)