My daughters, Haley and Shayna, are my saving grace. They are my all. They fill my life with love and with laughter and I can’t imagine how I ever lived my life happily without them in it. Today I am going to tell you a little bit about Haley.
I call her my Sunshine because she as the ability to light up a room just by entering. I also call her my baby girl, because she always will be.
Haley is my old soul. She is 7 years old and she has wisdom beyond her years. She is funny as all get out and is also loving and tender. When she was two she began to love horses. Horses quickly became her passion. She has been riding since she was 5. A few years ago she was invited to afternoon tea for one of her friend’s birthday party. The invitation requested that she dress up and bring her favorite doll to share tea with. My daughter did wear a beautiful dress, which is rare for her. And she also wore her favorite cowgirl boots with that dress. She also brought a stuffed horse, not a doll because she didn’t have any dolls that she liked. She still wears her boots everyday (except when she has PE because coach has told her at least 10 times not to wear them to gym class anymore). Yes, even when she’s wearing shorts she is wearing her boots. It’s my fault – before I had children I used to tease my best friend’s son for wearing boots with shorts. Paybacks. Gotta love ‘em.
Haley is passionate about everything she does. About a month ago I tried to teach her how to ride her bike. She got frustrated and didn’t want to try again. Then last weekend when we were heading out for our nightly walk she told me she wanted to ride her bike. She didn’t want my help this time, either. After getting 1/4 of the way around our block she was starting to get the hang of it. By the time we were 1/2 way she could go about the length of a house before having to put her feet down. She never wrecked once and by the time we were all the way around our circle, she had it. The next evening on our walk she decided that she was going to ride again. And she did. When she was riding down a dirt- bike trial a lady stopped and commented to me that Haley must have no fear and also said that she was really good on her bike. She gasped out loud when I told her she had taught herself how to ride only one day earlier.
Haley is also quite funny. She told me a few weeks ago that she had a veggie. I asked her what she meant and she said “you know mama, it’s like a weggie but in the front.”
Here are some recent pictures of my Sunshine, my baby girl.
