Abi: A birthday blog
Sweet Abi. 30 years on this earth (June 11) and she just seems to grow more beautiful - inside and out. She is a servant. A giver. Loving much - complaining little. I know few who seem to be as steady about life's ups and downs, though she has experienced plenty of those extremes. Her heart remains large and open. Her smile is genuine and her life reflects patience, compassion and faithfulness that anyone who knows her can only admire.
The youngest of 3, Abi was always the easy-going-happy-go-lucky little girl. With a hearty curiosity and interest in just about anything! She had a machine gun chuckle that matched her spontaneous and soaring spirit.
A common story we tell about her is something that happened when she was only about 4 years old. We lived in a farm house on a couple of acres in Fenton where our backyard had an old swing that sat under the shade of lots of climbing trees.
One day as I was watching Abi swing from the kitchen window, I saw her swaying back and forth as she lay on her tummy in the swing. She was singing to herself and enjoying things that I am sure only her imagination could come up with. While in mid-flight, she adjusted herself slightly and fell forward - face down - on the dusty ground.
I ran to the door, but before I could even get outside, she met me with a very tear-stained, dirty face! As I picked her up, she said in her unique little "New Joisey" accent, "Mommie, I was twying to fwy wike a boidie and fell down and hoit my wittle face." After I cleaned her up, we both had a "wittle waugh" and she went "wunning" back outside to swing!
Now she is mommie to her own one-year old busy buster boy! That same lovable personality has cradled and comforted this little guy as he has begun tumbling and toddling into his own life's stories. Abi's middle name is Joy, and surely, that is what you see on her face as she looks at this little one's curious cherub expressions! She came into the world with a giggle and continues to pass it on!
Abi is a testimony of what it means to "pass it on". Perhaps quiet-spoken, yet very vocal in action - words are not so necessary for this person who loves bigger than her words. It is my guess that the same little face who is now receiving her kindnesses will one day sing her praises!
Here is a Happy 30th Birthday offering for a dear daughter. May there be many more joy-filled years ahead for you. May God's favor abound even beyond your desires to acknowledge and love Him and your family and friends. May you be strengthened with His encouragements, confidence and continued love to accomplish all that He challenges you in. May this special day and many more be filled with princess moments and the kind of blessings that you so long for and generously give to others!
I wish for you good health, good relationships and constant joy as you continue to grow more beautiful in Him!
