10/30/98  
 

Being 15 years old and in the 60's, there was probably no more embarrassing of a situation than to have your mother nine months pregnant, ready to drop, and picking you up after high school or after the big game. At least not in THAT condition. I was too young to drive myself around for at least another year or so. "Well, it's Halloween tomorrow, maybe I can tell the people that don't know me, that that's her costume for the day," but the bulge doesn't go away. None of the other kids I knew had parents giving birth at their age. What kind of "accident" could that have been? There were already four of us girls, with Mom and Dad, in a little three bedroom house and only one bath-room. What could they possibly be thinking??? Obviously they weren't! Talk about a "scary" day! This was it!   
   
Those were some of the thoughts I had until my parents brought home that beautiful little bundle they named Nancy. She became a real joy to me and when possible I would try and let people think she was mine rather than one of my sisters. I was suddenly proud to have her in the family and as my "littlest sister."  
  
Truly the most wonderful Halloween present I could have ever had! 
She is still a great joy in my life and she's one of my very best friends!  
Within a few years after her birth, I left to go away to college and didn't get to be around to see a lot of her beginning or growing up years. After college I became a teacher, got married, and didn't live near my parents home until I became pregnant with my first child and then my husband and I moved to my old stomping grounds, and "Home."   

Nancy was already growing up into a precious sweet little girl who was climbing trees and whispering important secrets to her best friend Teresa. I don't know that she ever really shared her secrets with me back then, because I was one of "them." The adults. Possibly even the enemy?   

Nancy is an adult now. A mother of three children, and a woman whom I love and adore! It's wonderful to watch her give up climbing trees and see her climbing the wonders of spiritual truths. She's growing by leaps and bounds right now and has discovered a new and blossoming beauty within herself that is inspiring to watch.   

Nancy also had two wonderful children that grew into their near teenage years when she had an "accident" herself, like our mother did. That accident became my precious niece, My little Kelly-Kelly girl, in whom I love deeply as well.   

There is never really an "accident," at least not when it comes to having a baby. Both my sister and her youngest, are two of the dearest people in my life, and the most "fruitful" and beneficial "accidents" I have ever seen! And, when it comes to Halloween every year, I am reminded of, and give thanks to my Lord in Heaven, that years ago He gave me the best possible gift anyone could have, for such a "scary" day.  

Thank you Lord!
 
 

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