NOT RANDOM.

Among my Facebook Memories today, I found this quote that, to tell the truth, I very serendipitiously posted a year ago on September 8, 2021:

Nothing about my birth—or yours—was random or accidental.
I was born for this time—and so were you.

We were each chosen for a particular, cosmically important

task that can be done by no one else.

We need to be diligent in listening to God's voice

calling us to that task—and in encouraging others

to be similarly obedient.

---Christine Caine

This in interesting to me because I have no recollection of purposefully posting it on that day---September 8th---our daughter, Bekah's, birthday. I will tell you, briefly, on that particular date in a year sometime in the last century 😀, her Mother's day---and mine---began at 2 AM. Bekah's day began at 10:14 PM that evening. The details of that day are history and certainly not as interesting to you, my reader, as they were dramatic for us.

But, in my strange mind, I have connected this quote and her birthday. Because---I am believing this quote today for myself, for Bekah, and---for anyone else who will read this!

So,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BEKAH JOY!

Not random. Not accidental. Chosen.

And, of course, some favorite photos of our first born, from Facebook Memories through the years.

Bekah, my Musical Theatre Graduate, Triple Threat (Singing, Dancing, Acting),
former Star in the Broadway National Tour of "Mamma Mia",
obviously admiring my dancing skills.