In the space of the time he said "Lara", to the next moment's thought, it occurred to me: "This could be his wife".
I know, crazy! And I didn't know for sure...but I had a hunch. And that mom intuition turned out to be right! She's the one I've been praying for all these years for Tyler!
Tyler and Lara will be married on June 8, 2012 in Chattanooga, TN. We are SO excited about them joining their lives together!! See their wedding blog for more details about them and their wedding.
Before we went to the States this past summer, I had another thought - to ask Lara if she could come to meet us in Oregon. Again, I didn't know for sure but I had a hunch that if we didn't meet her then, Tyler could propose in the fall before we'd even had the chance to meet her (which turned out to be true as well...he proposed on September 18th!).
It was a very brave girl who got a plane in Tennessee to fly across the States to meet people she didn't know...all without Tyler by her side (he was already in Czech for his JV internship).
But she came! And honestly, from the moment she stepped into our arms at the airport, she stepped into our hearts. I had the sense that evening as we left the Portland airport that my other daughter was "home". Kind of a crazy thought since none of us were really home! We were staying with dear friends there who hosted us through our days with Lara.
It was a whirlwind three days, where she bravely came into our world with her whole heart. She graciously met lots of family and friends, went to the Oregon coast with us, and did all sorts of other things along the way.
And along that way...we all came to see why Tyler had fallen in love with her! She's perfect for him, and we adore her!
They are coming to spend three weeks with us at Christmas. I'm so happy to think of having my son and "almost" daughter here for those days to get to know them as a couple, and to enjoy more time being together with our newest family member!
We love you Lara! (And Tyler too!)
Connie! You made cry :) Thank you so much for this! I love you and your family with all my heart and cannot wait to be apart of it! As soon as I saw you all in the airport in Portland I felt loved and accepted and like I was apart of the family already! I cannot wait for Christmas and to spend that three weeks with you!
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Your "almost" daughter :)
What a great post Connie! And I hadn't seen the one of you, me and Lara at Burgerville so that was fun to see. I treasure our memories from last summer as Jesus' heart was sprinkled all over it! :o)
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