Oh Sweet Ra Ra

Traditonal family breakfast on all birthdays in our family

CUPCAKES

Little Miss Birthday herself

Much of the cast that plays in Sarah's life, she has quite a collection of souls from 14-11, from Catholic, Church of Christ, and Baptist...all the way to Public Highschool to Private Ed, to our homeschool

Sarah's homemade Cheesecake (that each girl dressed with individual toppings and the strawberry cake(thanks Holts) and her cousin and long time soul sister (rara kate)

When we weren't looking the baby who never slept, cried for 2 years, and nursed like a maniac grew up. Sarah is 12. When I was twelve, I was experienced, I had seen so much of the world and life, and pain. Sarah is sweet, she has seen some life and some pain and loss, but she has innocence. Sweet innocence, she is pure and untarnished. No one has hurt her on purpose and she loves life and the world in it. For the last 12 years I have had the opportunity to experience so much life with her, the way life should be. Watching her dance with her daddy, have over nights with friends, laugh hard, cry hard, have tiffs with friends and help pray her family back to strong....Sarah has watched God move and not missed him in the small moments. We gave her some moments this year. She has gone to Florida, we watched her excel more than ever in school, she has devoted more of her days and thoughts to
the service of her Lord Jesus. Sarah has helped hug DJ who adores RARA and who can sometimes only be comforted by her. Sarah has found her voice and is no longer afraid to tell us what she needs and wants, we prayed that she would do this. Sarah has shared hurts and found healing from a season of brokenness in our family and the loss of her daddy's parents, her Granny and PaPa. She along with the rest of this family bore fruit, that only a season of rain in your life can bear and helped us celebrate that season in dizzying celebration almost everyday in some way this year. Sarah is a young lady. Sarah will make quite a woman. Sarah has stolen my heart and this year helped me see and learn what that little girl needs...both her and me. Thank you sarah.