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Every time we would ask our daughter what she wanted for her birthday she would tell us "Butterfly Wings"

The Big Party arrived with here friends who came over for an afternoon of summer fun and cupcakes! We stopped playing in the water long enough to eat and open the presents. As she began to open the present and saw that it was her butterfly wings, the tears of joy and excitement began. It was great to see her so happy that she gotten her butterfly wings, but we didn't know deep down why she really wanted those wings.

A bit afterwards, when the kids went back to playing in the water. Our daughter put on her butterfly wings, stood up on her picnic table (with dad standing by) and jumped.... This time the tears were filled with sadness and disappointment. Ted asked her if she was alright and if she was hurt, Mazie said "No, Daddy I just wanted to fly with my Butterfly Wing and I didn't.".....

It broke our hearts that our little girl was so looking forward to actually flying with those butterfly wings. At this moment we realized this was the reason she wanted butterfly wings.

That is not where to story ends. Ted seeing just how upset she was that she did not take off like a butterfly picked her up in his arms with her on her belly & flew her around the yard. Mazie said "Look, Daddy I can fly!"

This is when the tears of happiness and being proud came to my eyes as I saw my daughter laughing and enjoying being a butterfly, even though it was pretend, and my husband making my daughters dream come true.

It is times like these that I think about when we as adults become disappointed when things don't go our way & our dream isn't just as we imagined. We end up getting upset and give up. Instead all we had to do was look around and there would be someone we loved standing right there waiting to help us reach that dream!

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I wish the picture came through but here is a link to view it!

Here is to all our Dreams Coming True!

Cheryl

www.SimpleHomeCandleBusiness.com

DeeDee

Cheryl I read your post on another site recently. I love the photo of your daughter in her wings. So cute.

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MommysLooneyBin

That was a beautiful story.. This is a memory that will last a lifetime... So cute.

lulu

That is so sweet! Thanks for sharing it with us.

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Polly

She is adorable! And she will always remember this wonderful B-day! Thanks for sharing.

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