10 Years with My Sunshine Girl

My Sunshine Girl turned 10 last week! As a June baby, I nicknamed her my Sunshine Girl right away, as I knew she would always be a ray of warm light in my life. Her chubby cheeks & double chin were TOO MUCH as a newborn — my biggest baby at 8 lbs 8 oz. She is the inspiration behind my most recent art line Sunshine Studio, as she asked me for more color & that I would draw again. I am so thankful I followed her lead.

Sunshine Girl is a little bit sweet & a little bit CRAZY. She is definitely my most boisterous child & yet very much an introvert. She will ask you ANYTHING {no matter how appropriate} & loves to be silly. But, at the same time, she can literally read books by herself all day long. She is also full of compassion & has a very tender heart, though she does not like to show it. She is my deep thinker, a young theologian. Her questions about God, faith, and the why’s of this world floor me quite often & she has made me grow in my thoughts also. She truly struggles with the fact that God has yet to answer her prayer for super powers.

She is my model extraordinaire & the camera loves her. She can pull off so many looks & is immortalized in several pieces of my art.She is just like her Daddy & LOVES comic books, perhaps more than anything. Seriously, if you have any super hero question, just ask my girl. So far the “high” of her life was when Daddy took her on a date {just the TWO of them} to Comicon. She dressed as Catwoman & had a ball meeting so many superhero lovers like her. In the above photo, she is Paige from Tron Legacy. She is actually thrilled to be Paige, just showing off her “tough” face in that photo 🙂 For that Halloween costume, she had about 6 inches of her hair cut off into that angled hairstyle to BE Paige. I LOVE that hair on her & am pretty much preparing myself that someday she will color her hair or perhaps shave her head. Who knows?

One thing I LOVE about my Sunshine Girl is her uniqueness & confidence in who she is. In third grade she started carrying an Avengers lunchbox to school & some girls questioned her, “Is that your brother’s lunchbox?!” {Which is funny because at the time her brother did not even like superheroes at all!} She is also a born feminist. I am talking STRONG. I guarantee whatever she puts her mind to, she will accomplish. Her current dream is to be a code breaker in the military & carry a gun. OH MY!

We love you SO much Sunshine! May God continue to grow your faith as you ask deep questions & search for His heart.

Grace & Peace,

Julie