What I needed...

I needed to be changed.

I needed to learn.

I needed to know that God was with me.

I needed to be loved.

I needed to learn to fight.

I needed to grow.

I needed to find my voice.

I needed to shine His light that was hiding in me.

I needed to love like HE loves.

I needed to be humbled.

I needed to be transformed.

I needed to feel pain.

I needed to feel JOY.

I needed to see HIS face.

I needed to understand that there is more than this life.

I needed to understand true HAPPINESS.

I needed to understand the depth of LOVE that God has for me, and YOU.

and God needed me to know...

So, He gave me Lilah.

My Mom sent me a card with a quote from Helen Keller:

"Life is either an adventure or it is nothing."

Thank you, God, for the adventure!