Fnding Her Voice

This morning I laid in bed nursing Grace. When she was finished she turned over and started cooing to the air. I realized that the past few days Grace has been more vocal. Cooing to who ever will listen to her. As I sat and listened to her melodic voice a thought crept into my mind, "this baby will lose and find her voice several time throughout her life." She will lose it in the loudness of 6 children, and hopefully find it again in a quiet conversation with Mom or Dad. She will lose her voice in High School to friends filling it with wild and crazy voices. Then find it again when she makes a stand for something she believes in, something that her Dad and I taught her. I will lose her voice when she goes off to college and find it again only once in a while when she calls or visits. She most likely will lose it when she is married. Lost in the world of wifehood and motherhood. Hopefully finding her voice once again with the help of friends and the gospel. It wont be the same voice. It will be strong with experience, knowledge and love. Like all things lost and found again, she will cherish her new voice and work to keep it strong and changing.