It’s exactly one month before my nephew turns 9 years old.  I still remember going to the hospital to see him.  He was such a cute little baby 🙂  As a soon-to-be 9-year-old, he inspires his 37-year-old aunt to keep widening her horizon, because just a week ago he got on a wake board and surprised us all.  So this post is specially for him.

Dearest Gabriel,

Life will get scary and there’ll always be things we aren’t sure about or know how to do but we keep trying.  Sometimes we’re going to succeed and other times we fail.  In both, we’ll learn.  We won’t always get it right but we can try getting better at it.

Just like with your wake boarding 🙂  It may be your thing and you could possibly go pro.  Or you may lose interest after a couple more rides.  Either way the important thing is you tried.

Best of all we have fun trying!!

We are all proud of you for being able to stand on your board your first ride out but more than that, we’re so very proud that you went out of your comfort zone and tried something new.  Remember, success or failure with whatever you try in life, you’ll always have us behind you!!

Love you lots.
Coco Carlene