Healing In The Making

 Moments like this make me happy. Deep happiness. Healing happiness... 

I love watching my husband spend little moments with our daughter like this. Something simple, he made cookies with her. She is such a Daddy's girl and has had him wrapped all around her little finger since the day she was born.

Growing up I didn't get that experience. I have no memories of being little and having these experiences with my biological dad. I have one picture of me sitting on his lap. I used to look at that constantly and try and try to figure things out, wondering if he ever felt about me like a daddy should. I still have no answer. There is lots of pain still tucked away from my past that unfolds with each year as things change but watching my daughter grow with what I never had heals something deep inside of me.

It's kind of a funny thing how that works, how having kids and giving them what we didn't have can heal a brokenness inside, can heal the scars and grow new happiness, joy and memories. 

Here's to watching my daughter grow up with the best Daddy in the world!

~Kriss Elise

You Are Wanted

My child I created you,

I formed you in your mother’s womb,

I never created you to be unwanted,

You were not made unlovable,

You were born to be loved, desired and cherished.

I breathed my very life into you,

When you took your first breath it’s one I gave you,

I didn’t make you ugly or unattractive,

In fact I created you in the image of myself,

Beautiful from the inside out,

I predestined you for adoption,

I personally chose you for a daughter,

You weren’t born to believe their lies,

Or to be defined by the names that you are called,

Only to tune your ear to my voice,

As I call you beloved, redeemed, child of mine,

I created every single part of you,

You were not meant to be void of emotion,

I created you with every intricate feeling,

So laugh with the sun, cry with the storms,

Feel the emotion and then let it go,

I created you to be free,

Don’t stay locked up in a cell built by the world,

You were never meant to live a prisoner,

Feel the pain but always find a way to forgive,

Let life flow through you,

Most of all my child,

Hear my words, listen to my voice,

You are wanted, you are loved,

You are precious, you are a treasure,

You are my daughter. 

~KrissElise