Look up, sweet girl! Beauty is out here! We are in possibly the prettiest place in our whole state, and you are in your phone. I know it can create the illusion that there are universes in there, but I swear it's only ones and zeros. So many zeros.
Look up, sweet girl! Life is out here. Even the amazing works of imagination that exist in there are inspired by what's out here. Get your feet wet! Feel the sun on your face! Talk to strangers! (Just don't leave with them).
Look up, sweet girl! Love is out here! I am so privileged to get to take you on adventures. I have revelled in watching your take your first steps, say your first words, read your first book. I know you feel judged sometimes, but it's not that we think you're not good enough. It's that we know you are capable of so much.
Look up, sweet girl! God is out here! Nothing man had ever made can compare with seeing His wisdom, His Grace and His mercy in action. You won't find Him in the metaverse. You will find Him in the incredible diversity of a system that couldn't exist if a thousand things were different by a percent of a percent. You will find Him the actions of His people. You will find Him in church and in His word.
Look up, sweet girl! Now is out here! I know it seems like technology exists at a lightening pace so you must be on it every second, but everything in there will wait. Butterflies and hummingbirds flit by for only seconds. The sunset will only happen quite this way one time. In the blink of an eye the future will be the past and one day I will not be here to remind you to put that down and look up! The best I can leave you is the promise that there's something more and memories of someone loving you more than she thought it was possible to love anyone.
