11/21/08
Today is my oldest niece Carrie’s B’day. Since her birth is a day after Jose’s (two years previous) there are lots of memories connected to this time of year. Looking back over past steps I remember many shared birthday parties when they were both small and we lived in Texas. In fact when Joseph was first born we lived next door to each other. I often say we decided to have Jose when we did because of Carrie. She was a two year old cutie who seemed too enticing for Dave to resist, he would often arrive in the drive way and while I was waiting for him to come in he would have stepped over to see Carrie first. Maybe it was in the back of my mind that if I wanted him to come into the house first thing we should have our own. Nah, not really I was and am secure in his affections and intentions, so I suppose it was seeing the joy of such a cutie at such proximity nudged us into deciding that if Abba willed (and yes we prayed about this step) we would take the step of having our own at this time. We took this past step and have not regretted it one little bit. I look back at past steps and am grateful that Ruach truly did direct our paths. Having Jose at that time allowed me to have family close by to help out. It allowed him to have a ‘big sister’ in Carrie, a tie that lasted. As they grew older I remember them sneaking in Nana’s kitchen and making cookies, rearranging furniture to throw Nana’s house out of balance at Christmas and many other escapades. They were so often together as little ones that many people thought they were brother and sister and if either my sister or myself showed up with only one of them we were asked where the other one was. Looking back at past steps I’m sure that if I sat with them as adults they might have many other stories to tell that I wasn’t even aware of, but for today with sweet memories I smile and am thankful for the steps we took together.
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