Joanna came to visit her mom and I got in on the action.
Sweet little Makenna is making her mark on the world and in our hearts.
It's been beyond delightful to watch Joanna grow up and to have been invited into her life and now to see another generation emerge.
All this Kingdom glory wrapped in everyday goodness.
It's an amazing thing to have such incredible friends but then to expand that friendship to what were once wee babes in the arms of those friends... well, that's a huge gift.
Josh is another one of these surprising and wonderful gifts.
The son of a very dear friend.
This amazing time was such a bonus.
It morphed from a car visit with communion to an amazing inside birthday brunch!
And there is the opposite spectrum of gray headed glory.
When we are privileged to enjoy friendship with the parents of our companions.
This pandemic shut down almost a year's worth of visits, but dear Ollie has been given a little more freedom from his care-home so we celebrated with music and dinner.
Mom suddenly stood up and asked Ollie for a hug.
She loves his gentle spirit and the rawness of need and affection was expressed with such simplicity and beauty.
Ollie is known for loving to give and receive hugs and mom somehow remembered that.
And what used to be a regular Saturday night visitor with the Gagenzeit nights, darling Anna now shows up on the rare occasion with her sweetheart Matthew when we have our much smaller gatherings.
Knowing their history so well and watching them grow and bloom while still remaining family friends is a gift beyond measure.
And last month my friend's son was in town and wanted to have coffee even though his mom is presently in New Zealand.
I don't take lightly this gift of generational friendship.
Prayerfully, carefully, gratefully administered.
"They will be oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord
for the display of His splendour..."
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