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Everywhere you go, you bring balance and fairness as well as light. You are kindness. Your wit is most enjoyable. I am blessed to know you and call you sister. 💕 Wishing a very Happy Birthday to you, dear sister! #happybirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfK7IDATGZasPKRStfSTK03NfW2VDm9qeLJlk0/?igshid=1dz6xsnzvevna

Everywhere you go, you bring balance and fairness as well as light. You are kindness. Your wit is most enjoyable. I am blessed to know you and call you sister. 💕 Wishing a very Happy Birthday to you, dear sister! #happybirthday https://www.instagram.com/p/CGfKe1nAL6SQVps6GR__DfvQ6L9-yXONUzKgoA0/?igshid=yg01uzvfljqq

Even during these challenging times, there are glimmers of joy that we live and experience. Going to Kicks Dancewear to get fitted for Demi pointe shoes and their power was out and yet we were so well received. Wonderful staff makes for a happy customer as you can very well see. #justdance #dancer #ballet #kicksdancewear #blessed (at Kicks Dancewear) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGGdJVKAxT3IfbLLG6F1Zw3BYGfb1ZAmVeHd4Q0/?igshid=y7mhziz7e6c7

Here we are with our two peas in a pod ready for a new school year. Viviana may your 8th grade rock! Angela, 10th grade will be as great as you make of it! (Hope it rocks as well!) May the Lord guide you girls every step of the way and may you both be attentive to the guidance. Love you to pieces, Momma & Papi @charlypena78 . #newschoolyear #20192020 #Penagirls #blessed https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qx0kqgigOVLZNq8BigCmltFkIaMktEH0Zmuk0/?igshid=1pgxadhnk3r78

And the cycle begins once more. New adjustments to new schedules and new living arrangements. It’s our third year of doing this, moving our eldest back to college, yet it doesn’t get any easier. We didn’t do anything really this year. She moved things with the help of her boyfriend, Tony @tone_gates22, already demonstrating signs of independence from us by not expecting help from us. We only stopped by for some last minute details and to say farewell. We love you flaquis and we hope your junior year is a spectacular one! #junioryear #hopecollege #newschoolyear #missyou #loveyou #alwaysbeourbaby #blessed (at Hope College) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1nEQnGAW8wpRQHu8NgPyDM185e-cIXmHlKDH00/?igshid=1txwea5bo15co

How about a Linda’s coffee special? Starting off the day the right way! 😄 #islandliving🌴 (at Linda's Dutch Pancakes) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1Jh-wWAnJLa9xuan7BZOQkROr3RHTKhxRAvhk0/?igshid=1qzlxqtbyic32

One week ago today we were celebrating the independence of the United States of America in Colonial Williamsburg. 400 years ago, our first established colony in Jamestown expanded to Middle Plantation, what we now know as Williamsburg. #tbt #fourthofjuly #independenceday #familytime #makingmemories #familyvacation #colonialwilliamsburg #blessed (at Williamsburg, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzzH48Wg6irElOo0It_swVDQvFlbqaFqulLGnQ0/?igshid=11zfmdakq56kn

We had such an amazing and powerful resurrection Sunday! I am so glad to be reminded this morning of the Psalm that inspired our opening song of praise. https://youtu.be/Imldy_tJGz4 #resurrectionpower @centralwesleyan (at Central Wesleyan Church) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwmEnItg1rLmVOaiJDd_EqaewVgTc87LGtcQT00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=iltbildb42qv

What’s so special about this cake pop you ask? Well... when you order 2 tall blonde flat white coffees with 2 birthday cake pops and 1 lemon cake pop (the lemon 🍋 one for me 😉), and end up getting all of that for FREE with an additional birthday cake pop to boot, you know God is at work treating you to something extra special. He’s all about the little details to make you notice. He overwhelms me with joy! He wants to overwhelm you with joy as well. The question is: Do you believe He will? #itsinthelittlethings #sograteful #overwhelmingjoy #blessed #daughteroftheking (at Lansing, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGGBE_gN0236BJ0zS8UftkcOQMpR117CFvKaI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hcq8kvtwylbo

Waiting. It can seem eternal. Wondering...will I ever see a change? It’s hard to be in that “in between” period where you don’t feel like you are doing what you were meant to do. You feel...stuck. Yet...you hold on to that promise, the one given to You by the One who never fails. You know He is reliable. You know He will come through. But...when? God is saying that even if you can’t see it, He is making a way and making Something NEW. FOR YOU! He reminded that of me this morning. Diana, can’t you see it? He’s not idle. He’s not distant. He’s right there alongside me and He will be true to His promise as He has done so countless of times. He is faithful and He is good! #justbelieve #havefaith #makingsomethingnew #healwayskeepshispromises #blessed https://www.instagram.com/p/Btf52ENgi2Vr7nPYdjNfMrNJOLNOVo3ddB02rE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13h98l6f3f0td

I’m not one for picture taking, so it was hard to find pictures of myself from recently let alone 10 years ago, but... I did it. A few extra grays, pounds, and wrinkles on the girl on the right, but it’s all the same to me. #10yearchallenge #blessed #youngatheart #timestandstill https://www.instagram.com/p/BspIWzWg-u6YXU5nqn-lBSMaALIzcDGn4JAw3E0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pbwjsdzv200c

#tbt While flipping through the channels we came upon this. Even the Greeks are enjoying La Ronca de Oro. @anamestupinan los griegos están gozando de La Ronca de Oro. Pudimos ver un capítulo mientras en Atenas. ☺️ #Colombiantalent #talentocolombiano #laroncadeoro (at Athens, Greece) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrqxTPnAO-zCOgWPE2g67R2pmplzPy1naSfayY0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l1obvq35m4lb

#tbt to remembering #ectodc2018 and our adventure in DC. Remembering the good and the bad throughout US history. Remembering great men such as FDR. Remembering what a privilege it is to live in the country. #blessed (at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNSBbggSHHa6tQfUACDBkO0FwvFcnMgIIEuzM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ab1rvay3a6lw

I was pleasantly surprised and blessed with these lovely fall beauties today. Gifts like this light up your countenance and make your heart sing. It’s particularly humbling when you receive it not from a usual suspect like a loved one, familiar member, or tribe but from someone not so familiar who has thought about you and decided to bestow you with said gift. Thank you, Carol. There was a caption on the plastic the flowers came wrapped up in. It said, “Science proves flowers make people happy”. Isn’t that the truth. #surprise #bouquet #fallflowers #petalitforward #blessed @easternfloralmi (at Holland, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVEMPlgMXiE_Y0wdmf-TmmjkiYQfK5LSPHtV40/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zhwxn3pyqmt8

A few pics of our Athens adventure #athensadventure #wanderlust #20thweddinganniversary #greekanniversary #blessed (at Acropolis - Ακρόπολη) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5TsyWgRZzcrOG8nGWHi7OvFHGiSwlarioZ580/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q7xdcr0olldj

Enjoying a great meal at εύχαρις #greekanniversary #efcharis #ευχαρις #20thanniversary #blessed (at Ευχαρις Μοναστηρακι) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo1iEnGAP3Nm5cg-SQ23ByaZyBloeGjU8K4Rus0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=op6i5a6d5ojh

FaMiLy. One of the best things in life. Fun times at the wedding of the year. #claudiaandpeterswedding #claudiapeterforever https://www.instagram.com/p/BoGtwBegWT3xmqcCR-asY-7bLN1uFbFK18XDCo0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lmhlxp682xrg