July 27, 2007
Welcome, Little One...
I’m going to be an aunt again... which is a wonderful thing...
My nephew and his bride are expecting their first child on their first wedding anniversary...
I’m happy for them, and excited for them... even never having had a child of my own, I know it’s an amazing thing to have a baby... to carry it safely in your tummy for those nine months... to see it born... to love it and hold it, cherish and protect it, to play with it and teach it.. and raise it up in the love of the Lord...
And even while my heart is overflowing with joy and anticipation of the newest little one to love, it is also breaking over the surrounding circumstances... my nephew is in jail awaiting an uncertain fate... and his bride is essentially alone... my heart breaks that they aren’t together to share every minute of this amazing journey together...
I’m praying, of course, for the judge to look upon Trey with favor... for one more instance of leniency... one more chance... not because he deserves it... he doesn’t, but then, neither do any of us deserve the favor in our lives, so in that respect he's no different than you or me... but I’m hoping for one more chance anyway... for Katie to have a husband by her side to protect her and provide for her... for my new little nephew or niece to have a daddy in his life... for Trey to stand up and be the man he should be...
I think he’s in the belly of the whale now... and like Jonah, he paid his own way in... but when the whale spits him out onto shore, I pray that He is a changed man... one his son can look up to... one his daughter can model her future husband after... one under whose protection his wife can rest safely and securely... I pray that he will have learned that he cannot risk their future and security for any momentary pleasure... that every action has a consequence... and that some prices are too high to pay...
And yet... even in the darkness... even as storm clouds hover over the place he is locked away... there is a blessing forming... a child about to be born... a babe on its way... a baby who will be deeply loved and wanted by his parents, his grandparents, his aunts and uncles and cousins...
Welcome, little one... I can hardly wait to meet you... and I can hardly wait for you to meet your mommy and daddy... I suspect their hearts are about to burst with love for your this very minute...
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March 3, 2007
What a wonderful day!!!!
As of just a little while ago, I have a brand new nephew... I can hardly wait to meet him... thank You, Jesus!!!!
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July 25, 2006
K-I-S-S-I-N-G...
So... there we were... seated in our places... anxiously awaiting the beginning of the wedding... Czarina was sitting next to Miracle... and she held out one of those little parchment scrolls that have all the wedding information on them... and asked him what it said... and he answered...
Gatlin and Megan... sitting in a tree... K-I-S-S-I-N-G... first comes love... then comes marriage... then comes Gatlin with a baby carriage...
Not sure if he was telling her the truth or making up a story, she handed the scroll to her grandpa and asked him what it said... and he answered...
Gatlin and Megan... sitting in a tree... K-I-S-S-I-N-G... first comes love... then comes marriage... then comes Gatlin with a baby carriage...
She asked, really? And he said, well, if you read between the lines...
So....
Take yourself a few years back... to another wedding... and another parchment scroll... and read it like this...
King Pen and Wondergirl... sitting in a tree... K-I-S-S-I-N-G... first comes love... then comes marriage... then comes King Pen with a baby carriage...
And they did... and he did... and along came Czarina... and Hero Boy... and The Duke... and now... one more in the making...
Whooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooo... I am so excited... I'm gonna be an aunt AGAIN!!!!
And it didn't stop there... there was another wedding... and another scroll... and it read like this...
Ashley and Eric... sitting in a tree... K-I-S-S-I-N-G... first comes love... then comes marriage... then comes Eric with a baby carriage...
And they did, too... and he did, too... and here comes baby number one...
Whooooooooooo Hoooooooooooooooooo... there are an abundance of blessings in this family...
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July 24, 2006
Wedding bells were ringing...
Yes, they were... and guitars were playing... over in the Crown Jewel of America this weekend... that's Mississippi for those of you who don't know... and my nephew and his bride became husband and wife, surrounded by friends and family, in a beautiful ceremony officiated by my brother... the same brother who spoke the vows over Miracle and me when we wed almost a year ago...
Two very creative and unique young people... halfway through college... with the world and the journey of life looming large before them... became one...
I could try to claim a little credit because he caught the garter at mine and Miracle's wedding last year... but... let's face it... God's been up to His match-making again... those two kids are perfect for each other in every way... right down to their passion for Star Wars and Godzilla... and they're off honey-mooning right now... (don't you wonder where that word originated?)
So... Miracle and I are driving home yesterday... back to what my daddy calls "that foreign land" we live in... and I couldn't help reminiscing about our wedding and honeymoon last year... our trip to Ocean City... and how wonderful and romantic and exciting and exilarating and perfect it was... how it seems like it was only last week... and how we plan to go again this year on our first anniversary... and, God willing... every year on our anniversary...
And... do I need to say it?
I love my husband... he is truly God's best for me...
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