Mirror in you

(Verse 1)

We started on a mountain made of blank, blank stone

Two strangers marking territory, standing all alone

With those jagged edges and that biting, sharp air

We were both left wondering why the other was there

But time has a way of smoothing out the rough

And I learned that "step" was never quite enough.

(Chorus)

Cause Jillian, listen closely to the truth I say

"Biological" doesn’t change a single thing today

Nothing said or done could ever change that part

Or change the way I hold your name inside my heart

I don't love you any less than the ones I call my own

In my soul, you’re my daughter—it’s the greatest thing I’ve known.

(Verse 2)

Now life moves fast, and Avie is the bond

The sibling glue that keeps us here and far beyond

But even before she came, I want you to see

I already knew you were family to me

I miss the miles in the car and the dust on our shoes

The camping, the climbing, and the panoramic views.

(Bridge)

Whether near or far, those road trips were the best

Tagging along at every event, a cut above the rest

From the stories we told to the great pictures you’d find

Those memories are gold, forever etched in my mind

I watch you grow now with such beauty and grace

Finding your rhythm, finding your place.

(Verse 3)

I’m so proud of the woman you’ve worked to become

Marching to the beat of your own special drum

But the thing that strikes me and makes me smile too

Is how much of my younger self I see inside of you

In the words that you say and the small things you do

It’s like looking in a mirror—I see a version of me in you.

(Outro)

Fearless and bright, stubborn and kind

A more beautiful daughter, I never could find

No, nothing could change the way I feel

This love that we built... Jillian, it's real.