A Blessing

When my daughter was born, she had colic for the first four months of her life. It was TERRIBLE! But during the day when we would take her out in public, she would be all sweet & smiles. People would always say that she was such a blessing. Well, I have to be honest, at the time I did not feel that way. But now that she's five, I view things very differently. It's amazing the look and opinions of an innocent child. Now I can enjoy being a parent. Don't get me wrong, it's not always fun and games. I have to discipline her plenty, but now she is more able to understand things when they are explained to her. When she's sick, she can tell me, and I don't have to try and guess what's wrong with her. She's so much more of a person with her own opinions and feelings about things. And I'm sure as time progresses there will still be plenty of challenges, but also plenty of opportunities to truly feel her being a blessing to me.