Dear Ethan,
I am so grateful for your delightful gift of Vanilla scented candles depicting the 12 days of Christmas. It is so important to number our days, but we are not so closely reminded of this except at Christmas time. It is amazing how we think about how many days until the wonderful day that we celebrate each year.
I am 21170 days old, just about and you are only 7265 years old, give or take a few days or so.
ON my first attempt at mothering I got a girl and then a boy and then a girl and then a boy and then a girl and then YOU! It took 6 tries to get an Ethan and I hope you remember that in your every attempt at things. It takes a lot of tries to get to a delightful combination of things. I am not saying you need to have 6 or 7 children, but do not despise the beauty of the large family dynamic. Don’t despise the beauty of the things that happen when a very large group of people live under a single purpose and lifestyle. You are a wonderful expression of the love between your father and I and I am very glad that I didn’t let the world’s idea of family guide my life. I am grateful for having gone back to the drawing board in parenting in my late thirties and early forties. I thought I was crazy. But you are a wonderful love of my life, that I wouldn’t have had, if I hadn’t run that extra mile. I am not at all sorry. You are amazing!
I hope that you are inspired to live up to your name ETHAN and sing of the mercies of the Lord forever in Psalm 89. I hope that you are inspired to seek out God’s journey for you, in earnest. Go at it with gusto! Not just money acquiring or working, but your drawing and your study and your music and your puzzles! I love my card! Keep up the great work and know that I am grateful to have spent the last 7000 days getting to know you!
Jayne Camille Walker
Love MOM
"Read the book of Ezekiel and lets talk"
