Today, Amanda heads for her new life at college. But it feels like just yesterday that she was born...
Just yesterday that I pinched those adorable cheeks...
Just yesterday that she had her first birthday cake...
Just yesterday when she still fit into her daddy's arms:
Just yesterday when she went through the tween stage:
Just yesterday when she thought thumbs up was the coolest thing you could do:
Yesterday went by so fast...
And now she's ready to spread her wings and fly...
Out of all the posts I've ever written, this is one of the most meaningful ones to me. So I ask you to indulge me a bit and share two songs with me that mean so very much at this time.
We'll never forget to remember you, Amanda....
(we really will be loading a Chevy today as we pack her up...weird....and I wish I could've made my own video with pictures of Amanda to the lyrics but I don't know how).
I couldn't find an embed code for the second song. So I couldn't post it here. But it would mean SO very much to me if you could click here and watch this video too. So much. It's incredibly moving. I promise you won't be disappointed.
That video could be our life story. It's eerily accurate since Rob and I were so young when we had Amanda. We were told we ruined our lives, that our future was over.
This video explains perfectly what it was like at that time and what it's like for us today as we send her off to college. One of the hardest days of my entire life.
"There goes our life. There goes our future, our everything. We love you. Goodbye."
