The post that started as a facebook status

This post started as a facebook status that began:

Dear 2 year old Hayley making fake-distress sounds

 Then became a vent:
since 8 pm when I intended you to go to bed: now it is 9 pm...

And quickly turned into: wait. It's. not. so. bad... as I thought about the fact that I addressed this as if writing to Hayley in the future. When you think about your kid growing up A LOT, all of a sudden you want to put on the brakes! So then I continued into:

& one day I'll miss this. Thank-you for your drama and zeal for life... really, I don't know what I'd do without it. Naps and alone time and quiet will probably go unnoticed one day. A trip alone to the grocery store eventually won't seem so awesome.

And this is where: I decided let's just turn this into a full-fledged blog and get it all out! 

Really, as much as I want breaks and I pull my hair out over the things I must discipline you for 1000 times over... you are never less precious & wonderfully made. Your presence would be sorely missed. You are my treasure, my daughter, a gift, greater than a cup of coffee or a day at the spa to me... and those things top some pretty decent charts!

Hayley, you have enough energy and keep us on our toes so much that its like you're twin boys and a girl all in one some days... who am I kidding? Most days.
Hayley really is THAT kid. FULL and overflowing with energy, dreams, emotions, plans & desires. She can do anything she puts her mind to and its almost impossible to get her to do something she's put her mind against! She knows what she wants from life and will take no less. She's smart as a whip but distracted as can be by this or that.

Now to channel all of that into you understanding:

"You are loved. You are amazing. You CAN do anything. You must NOT give up. You must love and slow down sometimes and savour and enjoy and take it easy on yourself {and your mom & dad} and respect others and accomplish it all without anger and without fear."

That is my challenge- my job. Could you please lend me some of your energy little girl?

Love,
Mama {As you call me}