Friday, January 15, 2010

TO MY CHILDREN

Mandy, Shanna and Jonathan, AND their spouses

TO Mandy; my first born. Creative beyond belief, talented to a fault, wife, mother, professional, musician, artist...the list goes on.
Always there, ready to help, inspire and assist.
Thank you for choosing a wonderful, caring, Godly man to grow with and have a family with. Words can't express how I feel about little Dylan and how you are raising him to be such a sweet and wonderful little boy who loves the Lord. And the new addition Jocelyn Rain, who will be 2 in March! what a sweet soul and gentle spirit....
Thank you, I love you...




TO Shanna; my baby girl, right arm, leg, brain, eyes, ears, etc...Thank you for pestering, encouraging, bugging, begging and non stop chanting about me getting back to my art!
You are always helpful and patient and such a great teacher. You have grown into a wonderful talented, and creative woman.You continue to follow the Lord and I am so proud of where you are today.
Without you, I would not be where I am today.  You are so talented, and an inspiration in your life and your strength. You do beautiful logo's and work for my business, and I thank you and love you and my beautiful grandsons. 





To Jonathan my son my baby; thank you for who you are, for all you do and for your support of me and acceptance of who I am.
We have been through much together, good and bad. I am so proud of you and you have grown into a wonderful man.
Your choice in a Godly wife is so precious and I love her and treasure her and her encouragement and kindness. I pray you will continue to grow and be nurtured together in the Lord.. ANd thank you for adding to our beautiful family with Pax. What a joy to watch grow!
Thank you both for your support of me and my work.





TO MY brother, Jeff, an artist in his own right who has always loved my work, treasured my work and supported and encouraged me through the years. Thanks bro!
I know we aren't in touch anymore and honestly I don't know why, but I leave this tribute up, because I still love you! and always will, I pray for you!

1 comment:

  1. Mom! Wow, I never saw this until now - just sort of stumbled across it. This is so sweet and so very thoughtful! I like how you call Grampa "Daddy" - it's so cute.
    You know me well enough to know that I always have something to say... so in response, I have to say two things:
    First, I'm so very grateful to be here in this place with you today. God has brought us a long way. Mother/daughter relationships are complex, eh? I'm thankful God gave me a son first so I would have even more time to prepare my heart, if He were to bless me with a daughter in the future!
    Second, I'm so very hopeful about where God is taking us as we are building new, good memories and moments to reflect on and be thankful for. Hoping in God isn't taking a chance on Him - He's shown Himself faithful, and He's our ONLY hope! Just can't help but be hopeful about something that God has His hand on, and I believe He has His hand on our relationship.
    I love you mom, just for who you are. You're my mom, and I love you.
    ~Mandy

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