Day 35

I am grateful for Wayneen.

You met my little brother from yesterday's post. This is his wonderful wife.

A few years after his wife left him (long, sad story), he decided that he missed being married to his best friend, so he joined e-Harmony. He would call, and we'd talk about the different women he'd met, and I'd give him feedback. It didn't take him long to realize that she was the one.

One of the sweetest things he ever said was, "If you knew everything she's been through and how she chooses to love anyway, you'd be blown away." She's told me some of what those things were, and I am blown away. She gives all credit to the utter grace and presence of the Holy Spirit from the time she was a child. She doesn't hate--never has, never will. She has what a lot of us would consider good cause, but it's totally absent. There is a purity about her spirit that's both drawing and endearing.

We celebrate not only having Alan back full-on, but the best friend God brought into his life and who so blesses ours. With her kindness, patience, generosity, work ethic, thoughtfulness, and loving ways, she brings a joy and peace to our family that we drink in with deep gratitude.

Thank You, Lord, for this precious sister.