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Birthday girlMonday, April 6, 2009
Psalm 27 One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. Hear my voice when I call, O Lord; be merciful to me and answer me. My heart says of you, "Seek his face!"
Your face, Lord, I will seek. I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.
When she was two years old we went to the St. Louis Art Museum. She was dressed in a velvety black winter coat and a red hat. We wandered among the galleries: http://public.fotki.com/davesandel/family-pictures/andi/andiinstlouisartmuseum.html One of the best parts of graduation day will be to visit the Krannert Art Museum at the U of I to see her work. Paintings and sculpture and drawings ... take a look: http://www.shutterfly.com/photobook/viewPreview.sfly?fid=68b6f98e3e511baaf12f12eb75ef82b5 How grateful are we to have lived with Andi (and cried with her and laughed with her ...) for 23 years? How much do we love life? We love Andi like that. She has found many ways to share herself with others. Her eyes and heart seem to seek people who are too alone, and she walks beside them. She is drawn to broken-ness; she spent hundreds of hours last semester finding broken objects and transforming them into something new. We have watched Andi come to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. She has plenty of living yet to do. Wife, artist, art teacher, mom all lie ahead of her. Today she's helping with art classes at Arthur Jr/Sr High School, and later this week she'll attend a teacher's job fair in Austin, Texas. What does God look like to Andi? She has her own ways and means to seek his face. He is the one who knows her best. He has the most investment in his birthday girl. He shows Himself to her just the way she needs to see Him. And I know he will do that again and again, all the days of her life. Thank you for teaching us about you, Lord, through everyone we know, through everything we do. You are so beautiful. |
This is a special year for our daughter Andi. She'll graduate from the University of Illinois a week after Mother's Day, and then she and Aki Tomita will be married a month later. And today is her birthday.