Mackenna Hope

Tomorrow is my second to the youngest child's 14th birthday!  Mackenna Hope is the most precious almost 14 year old you could ever meet. She is fun, caring, beautiful, loving and adorable! I just can't believe she is growing up. I stay in denial about her getting older because I'm just not sure I can cope with it very well.


When Mackenna was little, she was extremely shy. I remember when we first came to the church we now serve in, she was 3 years old. An older man came up and was introducing himself to all of us and he tweaked her nose like he was pretending that he grabbed her nose off of the front of her face. She was scared to death. She spent the rest of the trip holding her nose so that no one else tried to take it.  Actually, she covered her nose around older men for the next year or so. I loved how literal she was about it. It's one of those memories that I'll never forget.   She still takes things pretty literally, but she doesn't' hold onto her nose anymore to protect it...


If you don't know my precious Mackenna, you are definitely missing out, but that's ok because I kind of like keeping her to myself. Its kind of like I get to personally know the world's best kept secret, Mackenna Hope. I guess I really shouldn't be too selfish with her because she isn't really mine. She belongs to the Lord.  I'm so thankful, though, that He chose to  allow me the privilege of raising her. Mackenna is growing into a wonderful, Godly young woman and I see Christ working in her. As she is growing and maturing, I often see her encouraging and praying with others.She is awesome like that.


Other random Mackenna facts: 


She is a constant help with Violet, her niece, (my grandchild). She gives her constant, faithful, love and attention. If ever there was the perfect caregiver, it would be her.... 


She is an awesome photographer.


She HAS to be the last one to tell me goodnight. Everyone in the family knows and accepts this fact.


She loves to play games, just like me.


She hates to shop, just like me.


She does almost ALL of the laundry at our house (which is quite a lot)!


She is still my quietest child...but begin a conversation with her late at night and you would never notice that she is the quiet one.


I adore my daughter, Mackenna Hope Pecoraro!  Can you tell?