Sadie's Eyes

Something really kind of marvelous happened to me today.  It was a random moment when I picked up my 2 year-old daughter tonight.  She's tired and loopy, I'm feeling pretty normal.  But as I take hold of her shoulders and look into her eyes, it was like I saw deep into her soul for a second, maybe her spirit, I'm not sure. All I know is, I saw something beautiful, and real, and it penetrated my heart like a knife.  It actually almost took my breath away.  The depth that I saw in her eyes impacted me in that split-second, and she wasn't even aware of it.  As I reflected for just a moment, holding her and telling her how special she was (her agreeing), how proud of her I was to be her mommy, I realized I just saw through a moment in time in a way, in order to grasp that, as silly as it may sound, this is a real person I'm training up, watching grow.  She has a future, and a whole life ahead of her, individual thoughts and dreams, walk with God, I could go on.  How privileged I am!  Crazy how in a split-second you can literally have such a revelation as this.  My daughter.  Wow.  Words cannot describe the beauty I see.  I hope she feels it too.