Happy birthday!

To a niece...

 

 

 

 

 

Goofy grins

 

 

 She melts my heart...

 

 

 

"Auntie Rachel, take a picture of us!"

 

 

Love you, Merry-girl!

 

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And to a sister...

 

 

She's an incredibly good listener and sounding board.  We can talk for hours and not run out of things to say.

 

 

She's crazy fun, too.  Emphasis on the crazy.  And the fun.  And also the crazy. :)

 

 

We met in Missouri, and from the first afternoon we spent scrubbing showers together, I felt like I'd known her forever.

 

And when I found out she'd read my favorite book (the one and only person outside my family and the people I'd lent it to), Evangelists in Chains, I knew: She's a keeper.

 

 

Happy birthday, dear friend.  Love you bunches!