Emily

Happy 20th Birthday, Emily!

Well, the big day has arrived and we have heard the laments, and congratulations on NOT being a teenager anymore.

Here are a few of the excellent quality's Emily has.

• She is a servant. Emily has always been willing and ready to serve others including her family, as we can see as she has taken up the slack in the house while mom is gone, and cooked food, taught school, read stories, cleaned up, kept us all in line (no small task!), taken care of little ones, gotten up in the middle of the night with John... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
  
• She is wise. When one of us needs counsel we go to Emily. She has a open, honest, and prayerful opinion that is worth seeking... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
• She is Adventuresome. Hiking, swimming in shark infested waters, (just kidding about the sharks!:-), Rock Hopping... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. I don't know how many times her hunger for adventure has drug me out on swelteringly hot days to take walks up 90° hills because she thought it would be fun! Well maybe not quite 90°, but it sure seemed like it , and it was always fun...afterwards!:-)
• She is patient. I am living proof of that!

Yes, Emily is a true woman of God, and I am very grateful that I have the privilege of being around such an example.

Happy Birthday, Miss. Honey! We love you!