Claire-bear, what could I say about you on the eve of your fourteenth birthday?
Could I say that you take your faith seriously? That you ask hard questions and consider all the facts? That you have an innate wisdom and often surprise me with a perspective I hadn't considered before? That I adore our car conversations, which happen more and more frequently due to the million and one sports that you play?
Could I talk about your calm presence in a room? Or the way we laugh because so many people are "scared" of you and your intensity in sports until they get to know you better? Or how you push yourself to be stronger, how you are able to deadlift 255 pounds, but how you are also able to laugh at yourself and recover from mistakes?
I could say all that and more, because it's all true. You are a treasure, Claire Alyse. I'm so very very glad that you were born.
Happy birthday, my sweet almost-14-year-old!
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