Dear Eva,
How is it possible that more than two decades have passed and that your 21st birthday is already here? How can our "squishy" baby (to borrow your brother Silas' favorite term!) ... affectionate toddler ... enthusiastic preschooler ... artistic grade schooler ... horse riding teenager ... now be a grown woman spreading her wings far from home?!
There are such tender memories in these photographs. I love looking at them and remembering the sweet and precious moments of your childhood years! I miss them. Yet Daddy and I are so proud of the person you are becoming through God's sustaining grace in your life. We have watched in awe and sometimes through tears as you have persevered in adversity, overcome fears, tackled new challenges and discovered the passions and gifts God has given you.
In this year of your life, it has been a blessing to watch God provide three separate jobs doing what you love (caring for animals!) From the "Critter Corral" at Miracle Mountain Ranch; to the "Goat Team" lead at Center Grove Orchard; and currently helping customers make wise animal care decisions at PetSmart, with a personal rabbit business in the making also!
God has also used your experience helping to care for a baby brother to be an encouragement to your Aunt Nina with newborn baby Thea and her sisters! We know this has been a year of much transition and change, but we are so proud of how you continue to grow daily in your understanding, efforts and relationships. Even though your lives and schedules are much different, we're also so glad that you and your sister Isabel could be close to each other this year in Iowa.
Although it's hard for us to be far away from you on such a special day, we are thankful for family members celebrating you sweetly! Our birthday greetings are sent this year from the tiny town of Camiña in the Atacama Desert. We all love you, Eva! Happy 21st Birthday to our Mother's Day surprise.
All my love,
Mommy
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