Dedicated to Cristy & Chandler!

Lately Martha, Derek, Anthony and I are feeling so blessed! We have a very close and tight knit family no matter how far or how near. Since December I have been fortunate enough to welcome our newest addition to our family Cristy Clark...first as a friend and now as my "unofficial" younger sister. She has taught me so much about work, life, dealing with stress, and love that I will never forget. Thank you Cristy from the bottom of my heart for being such a wonderful, caring, compassionate, and understanding young woman. Cristy in turn has volunteered to be a Big Sister/Mentor to our nephew Chandler and the above picture reflects how wonderful the two have hit it off. I want to make it quite clear to everyone who may come across this post that family can also be chosen. Those of us who are fortunate enough to find that in life are blessed it is

like the roses in this picture that bring a lot of beauty and at times some pain with the thorns. A big shout out to my little sis (we love you bunches!) and a bug hug to our nephew Chan chan the man, we love you too baby boy! Oh yeah and my baby sister started the Counseling program at Webster University on 03/19/07 and we are sooooooooooooo PROUD OF HER!