9 October 2008
Happy Birthday Maggie!
I am so blessed to have such a sweet friend, cousin, and sister as you. Since today is such a special day, I thought I’d surprise you with this post, and share a few thoughts.
Your talent for writing is always inspirational to me. You have the imagination to come up with what to say, what the characters will do, etc. I can’t wait until you finish one and get it published for they are so intriguing!
Here is a little ditty I wrote about our history (sing to the tune of the Farmer and the Dell).
The Three girls would play,
The Three girls would fight,
Oh I’m sure glad they changed,
And now they get along.
For those of you who did not know us long ago, we never got a long. But since then God has changed our hearts and are now all three best friends. God has changed our lives so much in the past few years, and I am forever thankful for His mercy and grace. It is a beautiful to think that we will get to spend eternity in the presence of our Savior together.
May God bless you in the coming year and continue to grow you in godly womanhood.
I love you!
I encourage you all to visit her blog
(a very pleasant place to be)
and wish her a wonderful day!
How sweet! Just like Maggs! I hope she has a wonderful birthday! You are such a wonderful cousin to her!
Love you!
Amanda
Dearest Cousin,
Thank you so much for the surprise post! At first I was saying to myself, “Whose birthday is it?” I can never remember things…as you have had plenty of time to know. :)
Oh yes, the good ol’ days when everything you said was the opposite of mine. How I would start a little bicker just to make you mad…and when Bre would tell me that it was getting late and I needed to calm down…oh I was a plotting little girl.
And today, we are three girls, all different, but uncommonly the same. One could not tell that we once fought over trifles or Barbies.
I hope when we are old and gray widows, that we may once again share our laughs and lean on each others’ strengths and build each others’ weaknesses!
Oh, how I love you!
A young woman could not ask for a better, more encouraging, godly pair of cousins!
Can’t wait to see you again!
Love
Your Adoring, now 15 yo
Cousin
What beauty through yon photo shines. . . :)
You really are three beautiful young women, but not just because of the outside. The Lord reigns in your lives and it shines in what you do. May you always strive to bring Him glory.
Love,
Marie :)
Awww, how sweet! What a simply adorable photo of you three. Maggie certainly is growing into a beautiful Godly woman!
Awww how sweet. Hold on to that friendship! It is not often that we can hold onto precious things like that.
That was a beautiful post, I enjoyed reading it on your blog and on Maggie’s. =)
That picture is also beautiful, I can see the family resemblance. :)
–Renee–
I’m in love with your blog. What a sweet and wonderful presence you have in the homeschool blogosphere. So glad to get to know you through the HSBA Award Nominations! I’m sure I’ll be back, and my daughter (who is only 9) will, too!