This is the poem I wrote in the front of Chloe's book, along with a quote from the Desiderata which I painted onto my bedroom wall just before I met Phil and it has always seemed quite fitting for our lives: "Whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should".
I want you to be happy (author unknown)
I want you to be happy. I want you to fill your heart with feelings of wonder and to be full of courage and hope.I want you to have the type of friendship that is a treasure - and the kind of love that is beautiful forever. I wish you contentment: the sweet, quiet, inner kind that comes around and never goes away.I want you to have hopes and have them all come true. I want you to have a real understanding of how unique and rare you truly are. I want to remind you that the sun may disappear for a while, but it never forgets to shine. May the words you listen to, say the things you need to hear. And may a cheerful face lovingly look back at you when you happen to glance in your mirror.I wish you the insight to see your inner and outer beauty. I wish you sweet dreams. I want you to have times when you feel like singing and dancing and laughing out loud. I want you to be able to make your good times better and your hard times easier to handle. I wish I could find a way to tell you - in untold ways - how important you are to me.Of all the things I’ll be wishing for, wherever you are and whatever I may do, there will never be a day in my life when I won’t be wishing for the best… for you.
And in Finn's book, I wrote this one. It's less personal because I've had less time to get to know my little man, and also less troubles to travel through with him, but I think it's just beautiful:
Blessing (author unknown)
May the strength of the wind and the light of the sun,
The softness of the rain and the mystery of the moon
Reach you and fill you.
Reach you and fill you.
May beauty delight you and happiness uplift you,
May wonder fulfil you and love surround you.
May your step be steady and your arm be strong,
May your heart be peaceful and your word be true.
May you seek to learn, may you learn to live,
May you live to love, and may you love - always.
The beautiful words that friends and family have written into these books will be treasured forever - both children will always be able to look at them and know just how much they're loved. I'm so glad that we decided to do these books and didn't give up on the idea as being too airy-fairy as we have so many other ideas, I hope I'll follow my heart more in the future after this was so successful!
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