Nine Candles, Nine Lessons: What Zephrine Taught Me About Growth
For the past month on Journyles, our theme has been growth — something I love writing about because growth rarely announces itself. It happens quietly, in ordinary days, and we usually only recognize it later, when we look back. So as June comes to a close, I wanted to close it the way growth has actually shown up for me — through my daughter. This July, Journyles turns its pages to Zephrine. Nine photos, one from every birthday since her first, each one teaching me something new about what it means to grow. Here they are, in order. 2017 — Age One: Trusting God The first photo is from your very first birthday. That first year of a baby's life is nothing short of a miracle of adjustment — from the safety of the womb to the wide, unfamiliar world outside it. There were sicknesses. There were moments I wanted so badly to fast-forward time, just so you'd be okay again. There was so much learning — you learning your world, and me learning you. That year taught me to stay calm in the...
