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Sweet 16

Dearest Makiah, Itā€™s hard to know what to write you on your 16th birthday. Iā€™ve been writing these birthday letters for 12 years now. Sunday was Motherā€™s Day, and I sat in church singing with my arm around my mom.    Her mom went to be with you just a short while ago at the age of 99.    And I felt here we are- two generations, arms entwined, bookended by a mom and a daughter both in heavenā€¦ and I imagined a glimpse of us all in a row not separated by time or spaceā€¦ Now Iā€™m sitting, thinking, beside a pond only a few feet from a mother duck who is trailed by her little ducklings. They watch her every move and do exactly what she does. Not wandering more than a few inches from her as they swim.    Close beside her.    Safe.   ā€œHe will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.ā€ Psalm 91:4 It surges up in my mind.   And the hot tears rush down my cheeks...