10

She turns ten today. 

At 3 feet 8 inches tall and 43 pounds, she is the tiniest ten year old I've ever known.

Her size is the only thing small about her.

Everything else about her is large. 

Her smile.

Her stubbornness. 

Her self confidence. 

Her love for hip hop dance.

Her fierceness.

Her eagerness to learn.

Her I can do anything attitude.

Her adventurous spirit.

Her heart for her daddy and I.....although, I think her daddy gets more of her heart than I do and that's okay.

And it's that large heart of hers that that amazes me.

Her first almost 9 years of life she was an orphan.

No mama of her own.

I wondered how it would be she would learn to love.

I underestimated the size of her heart.

She let me in.

She let me love her.

And she loves me back.

Happy Birthday to 

My Oh So Larger than Life
Noelle Hope XiaoXu