Happy Birthday, Rachel!

Today is the birthday of one of our top seven favorite nieces, Rachel! She is turning 20, which is, of course, significant, as she’s leaving the teens behind. (You’re just getting old, Rach!) Rachel’s one of those wacky but quiet people. (She’d make a great blogger!) who’s sweet and agreeable and just fun to be around. Her nice disposition might come from having three younger brothers, or maybe she’s nice in spite of that! :) God has truly blessed Rachel with an amazing sense of responsibility and a lot of discernment, making her seem wise beyond her years. Oh, that I only had her wisdom as I was starting my 20’s! Rachel’s family lives back the lane from Matt’s folks and we just started noticing this year that one of Ellie’s first questions when we get to that neck of the woods is if she’s going to get to see Rachel. (I think Ellie’s sort of quiet and wacky, too, so she must be drawn to Rachel.) We don’t see Rachel as much as we used to now that she’s away at college and work so often. We’re actually hoping to bump into her today, as we’re heading up that way and Rachel’s home on fall break. Then we’ll be able to give her a hug to go along with our best birthday wishes!