Friday, February 28, 2014
Happy birthday Jamie Ridgell
It is our daughter-in-law's birthday today. Jamie Bankes Ridgell is married to our son Joe Don and here are the reasons I love her so much.
She loves our son. It still thrills me to watch them together and to see the way they love each other.
She has given us three precious grandkids. But what I love is the way she mothers them. She is their teacher in home school, but she is also so intentional about faith development in each of them.
I love the way she takes everything in stride. I know with everything going on in their lives it has to be frantic at the Ridgell house some days -- maybe most days. But if it rattles her -- and how could it not -- she never lets it show. She just handles one thing at a time until it all gets done.
I love the way Jamie shares her faith. She teaches Bible class, invites friends to church, and opens their home for lots of spiritual activities.
She is a prayer warrior. I will never forget when our Julie's son Jake was in the hospital with Kawasaki disease last summer. Jamie came down with the kids and took Avery for a couple of days just to make her feel special. But I also listened to her pray over Jake. And over Julie.
She makes time for the whole family to see Joe Don's grandparents. She always invites us for family outings: birthdays and ballgames. Always makes us feel wanted and welcomed.
She is a great wife, mother, sister, and daughter. Not sister-in-law to Julie, but sister. Not daughter-in-law to us, but daughter.
And most important, she is a daughter of the King and she gives her life to honor him.
They say that Proverbs 31 might have been written by a mother-in-law describing what she wanted her son's wife to be like. Might explain why it seems so daunting.
But from this Daddy-in-law...
Well, let's just say you nailed it Jamie. You are a Proverbs 31 woman.
You are blessing our son and your kids, but you bless us too.
Love you girl.
She loves our son. It still thrills me to watch them together and to see the way they love each other.
She has given us three precious grandkids. But what I love is the way she mothers them. She is their teacher in home school, but she is also so intentional about faith development in each of them.
I love the way she takes everything in stride. I know with everything going on in their lives it has to be frantic at the Ridgell house some days -- maybe most days. But if it rattles her -- and how could it not -- she never lets it show. She just handles one thing at a time until it all gets done.
I love the way Jamie shares her faith. She teaches Bible class, invites friends to church, and opens their home for lots of spiritual activities.
She is a prayer warrior. I will never forget when our Julie's son Jake was in the hospital with Kawasaki disease last summer. Jamie came down with the kids and took Avery for a couple of days just to make her feel special. But I also listened to her pray over Jake. And over Julie.
She makes time for the whole family to see Joe Don's grandparents. She always invites us for family outings: birthdays and ballgames. Always makes us feel wanted and welcomed.
She is a great wife, mother, sister, and daughter. Not sister-in-law to Julie, but sister. Not daughter-in-law to us, but daughter.
And most important, she is a daughter of the King and she gives her life to honor him.
They say that Proverbs 31 might have been written by a mother-in-law describing what she wanted her son's wife to be like. Might explain why it seems so daunting.
But from this Daddy-in-law...
Well, let's just say you nailed it Jamie. You are a Proverbs 31 woman.
You are blessing our son and your kids, but you bless us too.
Love you girl.
