Our Newest Addition

This is the newest addition to

our family...

our extended family, 

that is.

She was born

Friday,

June 15, 2012

at 10:21 am.

She weighed

7 pounds

and measured 

18 inches long.

It has been quite some time

since we have had a

little one 

at our house.

Sweet Little Feet

Sweet Little Fingers

              This sweet girl has a big brother
                  you may have seen earlier
                           in my blog.
                     T was very excited
                   to see his little sister, E,
                   and we were and are
             very happy she arrived safely.

                 

        E is the eighth little

        girl in our family

        and the fourteenth

        grandchild.

        We now have a

        great grandchild

        and another one

        on the way.

        Our family is

        growing

        by leaps

        and bounds.

 I know it
will be awhile
(I pray it will be)
until mine
and Dave's family
grows more.

Grandchildren
will be
welcomed
but not hurried.

We are excited for all God has in store 

for each of four children.

We pray it includes 

four sweet mates,

grandchildren,

and four happy homes.

Someday maybe I will be 

posting pictures

of our own grandchildren here

...but not too soon.

My Precious MawMaw

So this is a picture of

 my MawMaw Maune.

I always called her MawMaw Nee

when I was little because

I couldn't say all three maws.

Her proper name is

Maune Vergie Mae

Winkles Harper.

Isn't she beautiful?

She has lived on this earth 88 years.

She got married to my pawpaw

in 1936

when she was 12 years old.

He was 17.

They were married 62 years when he died.

She has raised six great kids who 

each have families of their own

and have given her 15 grandchildren,

24 great grandchildren,

and 10 great, great grandchildren.

MawMaw has been

a Christ follower,

devoted wife and mother,

homemaker, 

field worker (helping my pawpaw),

and has had a full life.

She loves her family

very much and finds much

joy, even now, in her 

grandchildren and

great grandchildren

(especially the little ones.)

She lies now most days in a bed

but is getting more able to sit up,

communicate with us, 

and feed herself with a little help.

She may never be fully back 

to where she was before the 

stroke.

We are praying and trusting

that she will regain the use of 

her right side and her ability

to communicate without

trouble but

we know 

God is in control 

and she may not be whole again

this side of glory.

What  a day her homegoing will be for her!

She has told me

how she will 

not miss this world.

She says maybe she

will miss some of us,

her family, but 

other than that,

she will be glad!

We will miss her greatly 

but I know 

she will have such joy!

She will be with her Savior,

her husband,

her parents,

many of her siblings,

and others

she misses 

who have gone

on before her.

I know that I am 

who I am

because of my

precious MawMaw

(and my other grandparents).

They all influenced me

in many ways,

some ways I don't even realize.

Someday, 

I pray I have a 

grandchild who 

recounts my life

and realizes 

they are who

they are 

because 

of me.

Hopefully,

it will be a sweet

remembrance

just as mine is 

about my

Maw Maw Nee.