My baby girl
It’s not 21, so it’s not like it’s a big year or anything.
But it is 22! In 2 months she will graduate. No more long Christmas and summer breaks.
She is only 2 hours away at school. She could be 2 flights away with a 2 hour lay over when she gets a job.
I really don’t know what the next 2 years will bring but I know that every day I get to spend with Megan will be a blessing!
The last time I got together with my sweet friend, Denise, was in NY, so I am very jealous that she is soaking up the big city without me. However, envy takes a serious back seat to rejoicing because we are celebrating her son Nick’s debut in the Broadway production How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
It just doesn’t matter to a mom whether her child is 9 hitting his first homerun or 19 hitting the big lights in NY – it’s the same thrill!
Nick – we are so proud of you!
Anybody going to NY? I promise to be the best tour guide ever! I took my girls twice last year – so fun!
(If you go, get the family discount here – http://howtosucceedbroadway.com/family.php )
Such a sweet sky. I wonder who it was for.
Do you ever pine for that kind of impulsive, extravagant, sold-out kind of love? The kind that spills over you with such emotion you want to scream it from a mountain top or write in the sky – so the whole world will know.
I LOVE this sky. I wonder who wrote it.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Ephesians 3:17-19
Day 6: Makes You Smile
This is my husband on the right. With his friend, Jay, on the left. Wearing the same shirt. At Disney World. Dancing. In the street.
Note: The children are no where to be found – hiding in embarrassment.
My friend, Beth and I, we loved it. It still makes me smile… and tear up.
Shortly after this visit, Jay discovered he had an aggressive, B-cell lymphoma. His treatment is equally aggressive chemo – 6 rounds followed by a bone marrow transplant.
Mark took a trip to visit Jay and encourage him in between treatments. I sent him with specific instructions to be a help and do some chores around the house for Beth.
This is definitely a posed shot. My guess is they were just goofing around as usual but trying to prove to me that Mark was helping out around the house.
It makes me smile to know my husband can be “a friend who loves at all times, and a brother in times of adversity.”
And it makes Jay smile, too.
Susan_Merrill: My baby girl @MeganEMerrill is 22 today! I love her <3 http://t.co/vms7GrEG 
