My daughter Molly Part 2

Molly Stanley

Inventory of Being

I am full of contradictions

I am made up of wishes and truths, sadness and joy

Anger and calm, kindness and cynicism

Fire and ice, dark and light

Hopes and despairs

I know what I like and don’t like

I love my family and friends, animals and imagination

I dislike the cold and carbonated drinks

I love music and dancing, warmth and laughter

I dislike math homework and early mornings

I know what I believe in, and I stand strong behind those beliefs

I believe being different doesn’t make you a lesser human being

I believe all things are entitled to life

I believe corruption and injustice are unacceptable

I know who I am

I am a beloved daughter, sister, and friend

Granddaughter, Goddaughter, and fairy Godmother

I am a classmate, teammate, and trusted leader

I am an advisor, a joker, and the quiet one

I love watching people with a passion for life.

I hope to be the best wife, mother, and grandmother I can be

I want to make my family proud to call me one of theirs

I wish common sense would make a comeback.

I want the best in life for my friends, family, and classmates.

I hope all their dreams come true

I wish them never to be lonely.

I want them to know in all things they are loved

I hope they look in the mirror and see what I see

I wish them a lifetime of laughter, love, family, and health.

I want them to know as much joy as their lives will hold

I hope they find someone who loves them exactly as they are

I wish them contentment through all their days

What do I want?

I want to be in the wings, watching it all unfold.

Seeing the light of joy and love shining in their eyes

Smiling, the moment they see what I’ve always seen:

They are beautiful, unique, role models the world is privileged to have

Who I am is not just me

I am part of a whole, a piece of a puzzle

You asked me who I am.

I am the product of years of love and joy and great family.

I am blessed to be surrounded by over 140 sisters

I am gifted with a passion for animals.

I am stubborn, loyal, and gentle

I am music

Inside of me flows the rhythms of life

Each beat of my heart, each breath I pull into my lungs

Creates the melody that is me.

I am independent

Asking for help is the same as admitting I can’t

But “I” shouldn’t ever be better than “we”

I am curious

Nature is filled with thousands of unanswered questions

My head is filled with just as many

Asking why is the key that opens the door.

I am living in a world of shadows.
I surround myself in darkness, allowing the shadows to swallow me.
I watch and observe, listen and learn
Unraveling the mystery of humanity.

I am Molly Evelyn Stanley.

And I am proud to be me.