these two just had their baby. it was a girl!!! she is lovely!
little Merryn Lila is a week old yesterday.
i love her. i love her name. it fits her, perfectly.
her arrival was a bright spot on the year for me. she is loved.
its crazy to believe my old roommate and dear dear friend is now a mom!
its one thing being in different parts of the world with your friends, but when you become an aunt to new babies, it just ups the anti (is that how you spell that phase?!?) even if i moved "home" ellen and dan aren't "home" either.
dear little merryn is blessed to have such amazing parents.
i couldn't be more proud or sure of ellen being a mother.
merryn, auntie bekah loves you so!!
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this girl, my sweet christine, had a very big birthday on thursday.
christine, i love you. love our silly conversations and sweet times in prayer together. thank you for holding me up and believing in me so so so much. your phone calls, overseas, the last two years to me in the states, were a source of great joy. you bless me. love you!!
(taken at jade's wedding this past summer)
christine, this is my all time favorite photo of us. do you remember? only 1 day after we met!
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my dear jadie. i have no words.
i think of you and i think of you flying on a moments notice to come hold me as i cried and cried in my bed. to do the hard emotional tasks of cleaning out cars and memories and homes when i couldn't. when i just sat and watched in a semi vegetable emotional state. when i think of you i think of us playing piano and worshiping late into the night and waking my neighbors. when i think of you i think of our extreme competitive spirit that led us to a truce to never play "organized" games together so we stay friends and happy (hahahhaaa).
i think of the times we'd lay giggling in beds in various countries and states and houses. i think of waking up in sleepy mexican towns seeing chocolate brown eyes and cute faced boys watching us as we wake in their room. i think of hilarious times with sean and carrie, and the gas man, and hilda and her son, and her house!! i think of peeing statues and donkey rides, and dulce de leche, and "quiero helado, papi!" i think of you praying over me. me praying over you.
i think of me introducing you to Rita's and sheetz hoagies. i think of you taking me to mickey and real mexican food.
(morning of jadie's wedding)
when i think of you i think of someone who is equal parts smart and silly. driven and caring. i love you. oh, i love you! thank you for being always dependable for me to be raw and honest. for believing and hoping for others, for me.
i love you, mrs. matthews.
love celebrating the good and bad and everything in between. love that you lived here on the farm for a year so you understand so many of the things i see and experience and call "home" now. i love you. happy happy birthday, jade!!
ps: He. is. RISEN.
oh, glorious day!
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I am sure dear daughter that it is exactly times like these when you know that you are missing out on so many special moments that you could connect more directly with here in the states, that remind you of the sacrifice you are making for our LORD! But at the same time, EASTER reminds me of the sacrifice HE made for us and nothing we can ever do will even come close to comparing? You make me proud and happy to have you be my daughter, my friend, and now a servant of our LORD directly ministering at HIS feet through your giving away of yourself. Sure I am NOT stupid enough to think you aren't completely human and have crappy attitudes and selfishness just like the rest of us peons, but I still so appreciate your efforts for the KING of Glory! All my love honey, all my love!
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