growing old(er) gracefully

in life, i have been given some great footsteps to follow in. namely my three older sisters...

my sister, amy, celebrated a big birthday this past week, bringing us all together. i won't tell you what number it was, though i might show you...

she is a great example of enjoying the benefits of growing older like wisdom, while not sweating the other stuff like wrinkles or "old eyes". but even with old eyes, she saw well enough to appreciate her gift from the etsy seller junkposse...

amy travels to zambia to teach pastor's wives there, so the heart is over zambia. thanks tracey!

even with her advanced age, she also had no trouble blowing out her candles (and helping lulu with the last one)...

at a family dinner, we shared our list of 50 things we love about amy. from her sacrificial care for our parents (through both alzheimer's and cancer) to her passion for jesus and his word to her pumpkin pancakes to the slightly deranged look in her eyes when we wake her up. it was shockingly easy to come up with 50 and the list could have gone on and on.

she may be growing older, but she is running harder after jesus and gaining speed with time, rather than losing it. thanks for the example. and the memories. and the pumpkin pancakes. i love you, sis.