Please Pray

 ..for this wonderful and one-of-kind woman.

We celebrated our beloved Grandma Owen's 75th birthday a few weeks early this past Saturday. All the grandchildren sneaked into town for the occasion, and she met and held Tim and Annika's baby-- grinning Glory-girl-- for the first time. We're all thankful beyond measure for an evening circled around the warm and generous woman who is quite often the founder of our feasts. 

We covet your prayers for her right now, as her body is currently struggling to fight off the leukemia. Please pray for God to cover her with peace and, in His good pleasure, to sustain and strengthen her body. We love her so very much. <3

Twenty-three Years Yesterday

October 6th!

I would never and could never have dreamed this:
our children, our girls and their husbands, our grandbabies.

I'm grateful for this unimagined life, and for you, their Papa,
my Heart, a best friend from then 'til now.

(Picture of John, me, and Mallory-within, taken by the incomparable Danielle B. at Annika's wedding last October.)