OUR GIRLS - 3

From "Moria" to "Mreeya", From Byler to Sacra, Maria has been THE BEST non-aunt-who-was-an-aunt, and then a for-real-aunt, best friends, sister-for-real, sister-by-law EVER!

My earliest memories of Maria are....not for this post :)

My earliest memories of Maria with the boys, is her singing Brahm's Lullaby, rocking Mark to sleep and holding him for hours and hours - No wonder he loves you to bits Maria. And then all of the help, when work was slow at "Bill's", and when work wasn't slow, for all the trips to all kinds of places, the many rides to AI Dupont Children's hospital when Jude was a baby, and all the trips to doctors appointments and labworks apppintments with me, and tea-parties, and climbing trees, and baking cupcakes, and eating popsicles, and story time, and flashlight time, and mutually-fun shopping trips, and non-mutually-necessary shopping trips, and bubble time, and lets-go-down-to-the beach-and-grill times, and Schutte Park trips, and mango lassi times - and BOGO coffee times-and Philadelphia trips-and airport-picking-up-people-trips-and trips to Victory and back and anytime, all the time, fun and friendship times.

Maria knows what little boys like! Sometimes I think way down deep inside there must be a little boy bit inside of her (just like the little boy bit in me..) - Thank you for all you do for our little boys! For the hours and hours and hours you've spent with them -being their friend and aunt!

We're so glad you're family-by-law now! Not that we noticed the difference too much :) But we like it VERY MUCH nonetheless :)

We love you Mreeya with all our hearts more than we can ever say!