and you think i am going to talk about hannah. Ha, Not! last weekend we celebrated my Aunt Nancy's 65th birthday by 7 of us from 6 different cities arriving upon Myrtle Beach, SC and spending a weekend together remembering and celebrating her life. my mom, the dreamer, the lady with her "wanter" always engaged, organized the trip for her sister. they are professional celebrators so it was a dream come true to return the love to one of them. and you know what was nice, as the very youngest of the group (other than ha0), it was great to be grown up. the tricky thing about family actually is that we don't all have memory cards we can erase for others on what we may have been like in our younger years. unfortunately, i can't change the bad form i have assumed at plenty of family gathering and neither can i forget the form of others from years past. but the beauty and the grace and the tangible redemption exhibited by moving behind those years and still sticking together is quite a rewarding and fantastic experience. i truly appreciate the messy joyous true love we all have for one another not because we are in perfect form, but because we are family, and not just family on Earth, but we are family in the Kingdom. the weekend was a nice celebration, of our treasured Aunt, and of sharing life together for whatever moments we may steal away together. and although i left with a bit of a heavy heart of reality for the many hardships being endured by these women, i have no choice but to be back on my knees and asking for bigger faith to trust that God sees each of them and loves us all dearly. i am so grateful for Hannah, a sweet symbol of God's graciousness to us, to be raised around these brave fighters of women. i know she will be so glad she was included on the Nanny celebration as i know she will grow to love her Great Nanny. hopefully cousin christy will hook me up with some pics to include on this blog. (: