This post is dedicated with love to two very dear friends that I miss very much. Mattie, your life has inspired mine so many times. I love you for many reasons, but you have especially impacted my life with your genuine honesty and forthright manner. In this world where we have learned too well how to hide our true selves away behind smiles and polished words … I deeply appreciate real people, probably above all because it speaks to the need of my own heart. Thank-you. God blesses you for that by causing you to grow and grow in Him. I love you. It is a great joy to see you holding your very own grandson, and imagine the warm twinkle in your beautiful eyes when you look at him.
My most recent ‘favorite mother’ is my dear heart-friend and ‘cousin-in-law’ (or was that ‘sister’?). Congratulations and welcome to your precious little son!  What a joy to see you delighting in your own baby … I can hardly wait to see and hug you both. Thank-you, Melissa, for your example of fervent love for God and your hubby and now your tiny son. I pray the blessing of God would pour out upon you and give you much rest in Him every day. You may think you are far away and unnoticed, but this is to encourage you otherwise.  You are my heroine. I love you.
Thanks for posting these awesome pictures! I haven’t gotten to enjoy them before. Three cheers to my dear Missa mia, and to my tia Mattie as well. Long live the Troyers of Erandique!
Daniel & Melissa are parents! Junior & Mattie & Joy are grandparents! I can feel the excitement for all the aunts and uncles.
I soo just saw them last week… super cute baby, very sweet people.
Hi Eileen, I love the picture of Melissa and her baby! Does she have a blog or some way to contact her? lol-Leah
wow, first picture i’ve seen of the mister weston too! Oh i’m so so happy for them and what a handsome son. I loved it that you posted a pic of Mattie, that dear lady I miss her. I learned a lot from her too, though she may never know it.
My post is painfully sweet to me too… I got a tiny taste when I was in TX how out of control we are of making our own decisions, it hit me like a four ton rock in my face and I’m not exaggerating. Right now I’m not sure if it will be only nine weeks or six months until I see my husband again but in the meantime I’m finding out who God is and what his promises are to me in a raw way I could have never known otherwise. I’m clinging to them and trusting in His leading since we know we are in His will.