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A Letter to Our Daughter on Her First Birthday | Personal Post

Dear Tenley, I haven’t found a way to completely express my love for you in words. I’m not sure it’s possible. But that won’t stop me from trying. Being a mother is full of paradox. Simultaneously, I want you to remain my little baby forever & never grow up AND I want you to please […]

4 comments
  • JennyFebruary 25, 2016 - 7:32 am

    Love you ❤️ReplyCancel

  • SaraFebruary 25, 2016 - 8:31 am

    This is such a good idea and I can’t lie by the first paragraph I was tearing up! It’s exactly the way I feel about my little one now that she’s here…I just want to stare at her all day but I’m SO tired and as soon as she gets put down in her swing so I can have full use of both my hands to do things around the house, I want to pick her up again to snuggle. Tenley is so lucky to have you as her parents! Happy belated 1st Birthday, Tenley!ReplyCancel

    • Menning PhotographicFebruary 25, 2016 - 2:26 pm

      Thank you! 🙂 They are SUCH a blessing, aren’t they?! The littlest people take up the most space in our hearts. 🙂 So soon it’ll be your baby girl’s birthday- it FLIES! 🙂ReplyCancel

Happy 2016 | Choose Love & Joy

A blank slate. The first page of 2016. Let’s all resolve to choose joy. To choose love. To think the best & do the best for our loved ones even until the point of total self-sacrifice. We want to serve more in 2016. We want to love more freely and pay it forward. We want […]