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Me and My Girl

Melanie - March 31, 2009

This past Saturday, my daughter Caroline and I attended our very first Mother-Daughter event. Well, unless you count Fiesta day at her preschool and I'm not sure an event where peanut butter is served as the main course counts.

We arrived in Houston on Friday night and went to our hotel to check in. Caroline was beyond impressed with the hotel and, in fact, declared that it was a hotel for royalty. There also may have been some jumping on the beds involved.

Umm, if that happens to be against any official LifeWay rules will someone please remove this picture for me? It never happened.

We woke up bright and early on Saturday morning and headed down to the hotel lobby to eat our complimentary breakfast. Caroline was totally impressed with array of jellies and bagels, which is another way of saying "we don't get out much".

After a hearty breakfast, we drove to Kingsland Baptist Church to attend Vicki Courtney's "You and Your Girl" event.

On a side note, when I asked Caroline if she wanted to go on this trip with me she asked, "Is your boss going to be there?"

"Who's my boss?"

"Beth Moore. She's always the boss at your meetings."

"No, this time the boss is Vicki Courtney."

"Oh. Okay."

As we walked into the church, I couldn't believe all the mothers and daughters who were there. They were all ages and filled up every bit of space in the large sanctuary.

Caroline chose seats for us that were in the highest part of the top balcony. I should have brought my binoculars.

But then the darling Lindsey Kane took the stage and I didn't need binoculars because I was totally mesmerized listening to her lead worship. I'd had the opportunity to hear Lindsey lead worship at another conference about a year ago, but she was even better than I remembered. She has an amazing heart for worship and just leads you right up to the throne of God, which isn't always easy to do when you're surrounded by some surly pre-teens with hormones running amuck.

I told a friend later that I bet every girl in that audience wished they could be like Lindsey. Funny, talented, sincere and just sold out for God. AMAZING. If you haven't heard her, you should seriously check out her newest CD.

After Lindsey led worship, Vicki got up and began to share about the struggles that come with raising a daughter. She talked about the culture we live in and how to have an ongoing conversation with our daughters from the time they're born until they leave for college. We need to be aware of what they are being exposed to and we need to be diligent about protecting them while teaching them to keep their eyes on Christ.

As a mother of a daughter, I just sat there and said, "Amen".

I'll tell you more later, but I've already written a novel. I'd love to hear if y'all have any specific questions about the event.

Category: Events