YOU ARE SPRING...
What an amazing gift. We wake up each morning to a new day; a new opportunity to love, to experience, to share and to forgive. With all the challenges that life offers we are blessed.
Reagan came into our lives at just the right moment. He offered us a focus, a peace and a love that we needed to hold on to then and that we would need even more as the months rolled on. Reagan was this outward sign of love that we needed to see and feel to know how amazing God is and that all the power and glory should go back to HIM. When we look at Reagan's face we know God is real and an amazing artist. When we hear Reagan pray sweet and powerful words over our family how could we not trust HIM in all things?
As a child I remember open fields around our house being covered in Indian Paintbrushes, Bluebonnets and Buttercups. It was beautiful and my brother Jeff and I would run to the fields and pick as many flowers as we hold. We would rub Buttercups on our noses until we were covered in pollen and silly. We would then run back home and offer these flowers to our mom believing we had just made her day. She would smile and then gently remind us that if we pick all the flowers the seeds won't spread for the next year. We didn't understand that message then. We just wanted her to have flowers in the windowsill and believe me she did.
I've called Reagan "Buttercup" more and more lately, it has such a precious meaning for me, but he did not have a picture of what a Buttercup was until this day. On the way to Chappel Hill we saw them growing wild and free all along the road. He was so excited to have the image and to see all the pink then turned blue. It was his turn to run in the fields and he too picked a few. With a child's heart he brought them to me and said, "Mom you are a princess and kissed me."
This field of flowers was breathtaking. To see Reagan run through the bluebonnets, seek out the Buttercups, smile and laugh and play was equally so. It was a scene I hope I will always remember. These flowers are only here for a short amount of time and everything from water the previous seasons to human interaction determine how long we enjoy them. What a message. What are we giving our children? How will we help them grow to their full potential; into God's will for their lives? We want to be encouragers, pruning and fertilizing all things good. Lord help us.
At the end of the shoot Reagan just giggled and said "That was fun! I love you mom." My "Buttercup" is grateful for all the little things. This little child is destined for greatness...the greatness that God will give.
In Reagan's words, "Dear God, Welcome for our food, welcome for our family, welcome to our hearts, welcome for good attitudes, welcome for love. Amen."