Archive for the “Letters to my Daughter” category

Show Me What’s on Your Mind

by Ashley on April 22, 2014

When you were born, you cried. Nonstop. For four long months. Just days into your tiny life, I thought to myself, “This one must be broken,” and almost returned you to the hospital. Surely there had to be more sounds (…)

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Soft Places in a Mother’s Heart

by Ashley on February 20, 2014

You turned 1. You walk. You play games! All this time I thought of you as just a baby, but now you’re a toddler. Already? When did that happen? They all say it goes so fast, and they, for once, (…)

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Some Songs Are Written For Tears

by Ashley on September 5, 2013

You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray You’ll never know, dear How much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away. The other night, dear As I lay sleeping I dreamed (…)

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Things You Will Never Understand

by Ashley on August 28, 2013

You will never know how much I love you. When you are grown and become a mother, and I hope you become a mother, you still will not understand how much I love you. But you will understand what it (…)

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A Letter to My Daughter: The First of Many

by Ashley on August 20, 2013

I dream of you. At night and during the day. Every time I sleep, you are there. Even when I don’t see you, you’re in the background somewhere. I know because of the way I behave in the dream. I (…)

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