Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Welcome to the Teen Years

June 23, 2012 Skyler Grace Franzen became a teenager. 

A date I once feared; a journey now celebrated... Her special day started in a special way. We joined the international teams here and our local church in a blanket give away to those in Kya Sands informal settlement...


After our morning in the rain the diversion began.
Lunch with mom and a manicure..


...meanwhile our very talented and gracious interns (Sarah and Cori) were at the house painting a scripture on Sky's bedroom wall (a long time wish of Sky's)...


Later Rich and I took Sky for a special dinner...




Where she received a very, very, VERY special gift.... encouraging words from family, friends and those Sky dearly admires "cheering her on" in her pursuit of purity.....


Such a beautiful gift...one that moved her (and her mother) to tears.....




A beautiful expression of a commitment made by a beautiful (inside and out) young woman!


Sky My, we are so proud of the amazing young woman you are!!

4 comments:

Shanygne said...

LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! what an amazing day for an amazing girl...

Congratulations to all of you.

Just Mom said...

What a beautiful way to celebrate a very special day. Happy Birthday, Skyler!

Sohailah said...

Lovely. So glad and thankful and happy for you all.

Ginger said...

I honestly cannot even remember back to our oldest turning into a teenager.

The idea of the purity ring was something she and Alicia chose to do all on their own before their dad was able to walk them through it. Such a beautiful thing.

I loved the teenage years with my kids and I hope you find it to be as great as I did. As you know the last one was a bit rough as she left her teens and entered her 20's, but all in all it was a blessed time in my life.