Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Happy birthday, Barnabas!
On March 31, 1983, you were born–our last child–or so we thought. And so with you I experienced all those bittersweet “last time” moments.
(Of course, Talitha came along 12 years later and she was the real last one. But in the meantime, you–our first last–got to be the youngest.)
One of the results of being the youngest was finding out how many ways your 3 big brothers could make you look, act, be silly. And you went along with it all amazingly cheerfully. Strong sense of survival?
We thank God every day for you, Barnabas–for your dependence on the Lord, for the wonderful woman you’ve added to our family, and for your girls.
Wish we could be there to celebrate with you all!
I love you.
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This was beautiful for me to read because I’m living the situation you were talking about! My youngest son is turning 3 and I’m having a hard time with all the “last” things, even though we’re in the process of adopting 2 children from Africa. I know I’ll have more, but I don’t know when, or how old they’ll be, so I don’t know if this will be my last this and that… You have a beautiful family and my husband and I are so thankful for all of the work you & John are doing for adoption advocacy! God bless your family!
HA! I’ve never seen that picture of him with the Nuks! Hilarious!
Happy birthday, Barna!
Thanks for being born, Barnabas! I recall taking a vacation to Mpls in March 1983 to come and spend some quality time with Karsten, Ben,and Abraham while you, Noel, went to the hospital. I love life with that big tall guy you brought along to meet me at the airport that day,who married me in Oct 1983.