Great to be Eight...well soon

I can't believe Renae turns 8 and is getting baptized this year. Reality hit tonight when we attended our wards "Great to be Eight" fireside. It was a wonderful experience and gave me an excuse to cry. Renae did so well sitting on the front row with all the other children if she only knew that her mother was cry her eyes out on the back row. The primary leaders had asked the parents to say what makes their child special. For someone like me who cries over EVERYTHING this was asking a lot but I did it.
Renae is special. She is my redheaded strong welled child. Though this can make my life hard some days, I know by the time she turns 8 she will be ready. She will know the choice she is making is the right one...because if she does not believe it is the right choice she will not do it. Did I mention she is strong welled. This is what makes Renae special to us. She does not understand what it means to be strong welled she just knows that this is what I call her. She will understand one day (maybe when she has her own little red headed child.)

8 will be GREAT!!!!

I will remember the Six Be's when raising Renae and make sure she lives by them.