a 'soppy' letter to our parents and grandparents

Sitting at home tonight, thinking about our lovely family back home...I miss them. Our parents and grandparents especially. I love to articulate how much I appreciate people, but I so seldom do it to those closest to me. I want to start doing it more...
So let me start with the most important people in our lives - our family, the parents of our family.

We love you and miss you guys so much. It gives us joy to appreciate every single one of you when we think about your unique characters. You each have and still do play such an important part in our lives. Greg and I are very blessed to be so full filled by what we have been given through you. We are grounded in your love and our confidence rests heavily on your blessings over our lives. Thank you for your love, support, long suffering;) and allowing us to become who we are today..

A word to the fathers and oupa:
Dads, together you make a beautiful picture of the heart of a father. Which makes it easier for us to relate to God because we have got such a reality of a dad here on earth. Thank you. May God bless you by truly knowing that we love you and appreciate you dearly.

A word for the mothers and grannies/ouma:
Mommy's, I heard today that the security of trust comes from the affection of a mother towards her little one at a very early age. We both know that we received that from all of you. Your sacrificial love is noted and much appreciated. I pray that I too will love my children with their best interest at heart like you loved us.

Well, that is it from my side this weekend. Hopefully we will get more pictures up soon, and have some news by next week. I am sure that Greg will have some stories to tell when he gets back from the conference.

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