Greetings from the front porch!
Just got back from Kentucky and a really good visit with my family-but especially with my mother who shares a birthday with Lori. Mom was 80 years young yesterday October 10th. I did not get to visit her this summer...as a matter of fact it has been almost a year and a half since I had seen her. A great deal has happened since then. She is now in a nursing home-really a very nice place and for the most part doing pretty good. It was good to spend time with her-visit with my other family members and to also see some fall colors! It was cool and rainy but a really nice visit.
Back to the other birthday girl. I am a day late in this posting-due to being out of town-but do want to say a few words about baby girl #2- Lori Ann. She followed her big sister a little over 4 years later. Lori arrived at the Gabbard house on a cool October morning via Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the trend then to not have ANY medications-nothing-during the labor and delivery. The delivery was pretty easy-considering. She was a petite 6 pounds 12 ounces and looked so much like her big sister, Julie. Little round face and cute as a button. Back then you had no idea what gender your little blessing would be either so it was perfectly fine we had another little girl.
Anyway, Lori has been and continues to be a real blessing, and was such a sweet little girl. She can hold her own in any situation-firm but fair. She has grown into a wonderful lady-mother and wife. I admire her accomplishments-her devotion and dedication to her 'men'....Aaron, Caleb and Lukey. I call them the Garza guys and she is the Garza gal.
Lori above all is a woman of God..who has proven time and time again the strong faith she has in her God. She has weathered many storms and stood firm in each one and come out with a deeper walk with her God and a greater testimony.
She is a great cook! Just check out her blog for her many mouth watering recipes. She can stretch a dollar farther than anyone I know. A true Proverbs woman!
I have included just a few of my favorite pictures of her and a few of her family. She grows more beautiful every day both outwardly and inwardly.
Lori Happy Birthday...You are a treasure. Love from the front porch!
