Dear Daughter,

Do you remember when you were little how jealous you were of children who "got" to go to after school care? What you saw was children playing on the playground or doing art projects while you had to just go home. What you did not see is how absent the parents of those children were or how willing those children would be to trade places with you and have a mother available to them. It seems as though you have always been afraid that you are missing out on something that other kids are enjoying. Open your eyes and see their pain. Carefully examine the true lives of some of the kids you have gotten to know. I believe they would trade places with you in a New York Minute. Read their blogs carefully and see the emptiness and loneliness of their hearts and lives. Remember that you are where God placed you. He will bring into your life what is best for you. God will withhold no good thing from you. Don't miss out on God's gifts for you because you are busy looking at what others have.

Love,

Momma