Lukah Zuri Scholtz-Saaiman
Today I am a very proud Nani.
Today marks the birth of an extraordinary girl, a girl who God knew when he placed you in your mommy’s womb will be a gift to her and to everyone around you. Little princess you are a spectacular gift, a blessing and oh so very special.
I remember when I saw you for the first time, I went with your mommy for her sonogram and we found out that you are a girl, I couldn’t help but cry, it was tears of happiness. I couldn’t believe that a miracle like you were growing inside your mommy and you already touched my heart then and I already loved you. The happiness boiled up inside of me and the excitement for your birth was impending that was 5months ago and today you made your appearance, a healthy, beautiful little baby girl.
Your daddy always said when he has a daughter he will name her Lukah, thus your name, it was your daddy who chose your name. I wish he could be here with your mommy and feel the love and joy that she felt when she held you in her arms for the first time, but God had other plans, but I know that he was with you, your spiritual guardian, and is having such a magical party in Heaven to celebrate the birth of his little princess.
Lukah you are an extremely special child and I cannot even explain how excited all your grannies, aunties and uncles are, how we counted down the days till you decided you finally grace us with your presence. I am overwhelmed with emotions, the happy kind.
Baby Girl I vow to love you unconditionally, I vow to protect you, I vow to be there for you, I vow to be an aunty that you can be proud of, I vow to support and believe in you, I vow to be inspiring and someone that you can always count on. I vow to tell you about the Love that your mother and Father shared. I cannot wait to hold you in my arms and tell you what a strong woman your mother is, what a loving, amazing figure she is. I cannot wait to tell you about your father, how inspiring, loving, admirable and calm soul he was. You were created out of pure love and you are love. I cannot wait to meet you, to hold you in my arms and tell you all these things, I am excited and all so blessed to have the opportunity to be a part of your life, to be someone that you can call aunty or Nani, someone that you can depend on, someone who you know will always love you.
God always has plans bigger for each of us, bigger than we can comprehend. Princess you are a blessing an angel that God sent to us, you will be loved, nurtured, cherished, encouraged and protected. I love you Princess Lukah, our little miracle, our God sent Blessing.
P.S I am so proud of your mommy, she is a strong one and as soon as you are old enough we will drag you to the mall, we’ll just have to see if you enjoy shopping like mommy, or would rather complain about how long everything is taking like your daddy..
Love you forever and a day
Aunty/Nani Jo