Unexpected Gifts

....on our fridge...

Last night we attended a wedding.   We loved the photo booth they had there...especially since it re-introduced us to our sweet friend G...one of our biggest prayer warriors, encouragers and supporters in blogland.  We first met her in person the day before Luke's birthday back in January when we all happened to be dining at the same local spot only at different tables.  Needless to say, when Joe and I first met her, our hearts were completely overloaded and preoccupied with Luke...so receiving the gift of "re-meeting" her last night -literally in the photo booth- was a complete blessing for both Joe and myself as we had a much better appreciation of the gift we were being given.  It was an absolute joy to get to wrap my arms around her and give her the giant hug I've wanted to give her ever since she first reached out to us through our blog.  I was moved to tears to get a glimpse of her beautiful face and to get to tell her in person how much her prayers and encouragement have meant to us over the months. 

That is the thing about this blog...it is the most beautiful crazy thing. We know there are so many who read this and we are truly so, so grateful for all of you....for every prayer, every comment, every email....for everything.  You have no idea. Our blog has brought us into contact with some of the most incredible people (you) and we feel so fortunate and thank you for being part of this journey along with us.
 
And to G- thank you for being brave and risking re-introducing yourself, for all you have shared, for laughing and not being annoyed when we were being complete dorks and taking forever, for letting us come back three times and just frankly, for everything.  We were delighted our paths crossed with yours again. You are truly a gift.

*note: I don't own a scanner, so the above photobooth photos were my photos taken of the photos using my little point and shoot...hence they may seem a little fuzzy and obviously not like the originals are...the ones we got at the wedding were all connected and look great- thanks so much to the happy couple for the lovely evening and fun photo souvenirs!