A Star is Born!

[caseylauren]

Today marks the 15th birthday of my baby girl… who’s been a pretty special, (if not challenging at times) daughter so far. One of the things that amazes me about her is she popped out knowing exactly who she was, what she liked and didn’t like, and she didn’t hesitate to tell you about it! I was reminded of that this morning, after she and about a dozen of her girlfriends gathered at the local bagel shop for a quick celebration before school. One of her friends had brought several colorful helium balloons, which she promptly tied to her wrist and announced she would be wearing them all day… I can only imagine her navigating between the mass of students in the corridors as they rush to get to their next classes ducking the oncoming balloons, and all will be reminded by the burst of color, that there’s something special about today….. my daughter arrived on the planet!

She’s a reminder to me that we need to be our own biggest fan. She can be a little over the top at times because it’s such a different attitude and personality trait than what I grew up with… Going along with the crowd, not standing out too much, not speaking our truth… low self esteem, not feeling worthy or good enough… and spending the majority of my 20’s and 30’s developing the strength within to claim my fabulousness… and she comes in born with it… or maybe I had a small part to do with it, by being an amazing mom ! (I like to think I had something to do with it!)

Most of my sisters came in like I did…even though we had fabulous parents who told us they loved us, and we had the camaraderie of numerous siblings, we still had our own issues with worthiness…Taking care of everyone else first, always ignoring or denying our own needs…. and some still want to try to find the reason, not to lay blame, but so there’s an understanding, and to hopefully move beyond it… But I think we all wanted to learn self-empowerment… and we came in as a group of girls who could learn that within the same family and provide support for each other during our most challenging times… because we could relate to each other!

I’m so happy that my daughter will not need to learn about worthiness or empowerment…she’ll have other things she chooses to learn and experience, but her absolute knowing that she is a gift to the world and that it’s a better place because she’s here.. will not be one of them… she already knows it!!

Watching her shine inspires me to let my own light shine a little more, for all the world to see… I AM Fabulous… and I might just taste that pickle tonight!!

Casey