For Valentine’s Day I thought I would write a post about my heart. My heart is 5’8” tall, half me and half Tongan (Polynesian), has my same shoe size and the hugest heart on the planet. My heart’s name is Danielle Malia although she chooses to go by Dani to her friends and is, and will always be, Dan to me.
Those of you who have children will more than likely know of what I speak when I say that my heart currently resides outside of my body and has for the past 18 years. From the moment that sweet, happy, chubby baby was born she had my heart and has walked around the globe with it ever since.
She has gone away to college – far, far away – 1,866.37 miles away to be exact. She’s in a little, tiny town called South Bend, Indiana or some call it Notre Dame, Indiana at the University of Notre Dame. She is a smart one and has always been a very driven soul. From the time she was seven she had a list of colleges that she wanted to attend and over the years there were additions and deletions, and shuffling arounds, but when push came to shove her senior year her top choice was Notre Dame. There was little doubt in my mind that she would get in, but the day we got that letter in the mail, we both cried tears of joy.
One of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do was take her to college and leave her there – the absolute hardest thing I’ve ever done was make her stay when she begged me to come home. Thankfully, she is settled now and has made some wonderful friends.
I’m anticipating that because my heart has such a huge heart one of the hardest things I’ve had to do is yet to come. She has decided that she wants to spend her summer doing service work and has chosen one of the most dangerous cities in the country in which to do it. I’m scared to death to let her go there and have voiced my trepidation – all to no avail. She is determined…one of her strengths – darn it!!
So, my heart will continue it’s journey to the corners of this country and beyond as my girl continues her travels and adventures. I hope she treads lightly on it!!!
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