Uncle Jack's Birthday

30 September 2017

We celebrated your uncle's birthday a little late . . . it's hard to have a "party" when your birthday falls on a weekday anyway . . . you'll see.

Uncle Jack turned 20 this year . . . we had a bonfire . . . made s'mores . . . it was a good night!

Weddings, Family, and Memorials

1 January 2017

Your cousin Emma was married last night, and it was such a beautiful celebration of new beginning. I don't think you were overly thrilled about it, but then weddings aren't really for babies now, are they?

Today the family gathered at Greg and Penny's for a more sober celebration of Grammy's life. We spent the morning making her favorite cheese biscuits . . . sharing memories . . . laughing and crying. Oh, she would have loved you . . . babies were her favorite I think.

Funny, we talked about babies a lot, and she often said since she'd "raised" so many (her brother and sisters), she wasn't ever really sure she wanted her own. But God has a way of working things out in His own way . . . so at 25, she became a mom . . .  I came along. 14 months later your Auntie M arrived. We became a family.

Something you need to know about families: blood is always thicker than water! The thing about our family, however, seems to have glue in the blood . . . even though we might all live far away from one another, there isn't anything that could tear us apart. These people . . . our "tribe" . . . this family into which you were born loved you before you arrived . . . fiercely! Don't you ever forget where you came from!!

"Our family is a circle of strength and love . . . with every birth and union it grows . . . everything . . . when faced together . . . makes the circle stronger" ~ Unknown