I Believe She's Amazing-Sunday Scribblings

Okay, so the prompt is Source. Well, the Sunday Scribbling's source for prompts wasn't posted when I pulled the blog up this morning. Unfortunately, I didn't check the date, which means I wrote my piece on last week's prompt, the video. So source, smource...I'm posting anyway.

This is the video from last week's prompt source. ;)

During the video, I became quite emotional. I smiled, frowned, smiled again, and then felt sad. There were tears in my eyes by the end. I’m not sure if they were sad tears, or happy tears, they were simply tears. I immediately thought of my daughter.

I remembered the first time I saw her, all pink and cuddly. I remembered the tom boy jumping off the roof of our utility shed, having a clod fight with her brother, and climbing trees even though she was warned not to.

I remembered how beautiful she looked in the sapphire blue dress she wore to the prom, how proud I felt watching her graduate from high school and The University of Texas, and how beautiful she looked on her wedding day.

I remember touching the name plate outside her classroom, running my fingers over her name and wondering how that mischievous, freckle-faced child could possibly be old enough to be a teacher.

I remembered seeing her hold her firstborn child in her arms, and then her second, third, and finally, fourth. I remembered the devastation she felt when she was told her son was autistic, and how hard she has worked to make sure he has the best life possible.

I remembered how close she was to my mother, and wished Mom could see the woman she has grown up to be.

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