Comments for Brandi & Luke http://www.brandiandluke.com Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on My Sister… by Katy http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=103#comment-53 Katy Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:03:56 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=103#comment-53 Are we having an emotional moment? :) Love you! Are we having an emotional moment? :) Love you!

]]> Comment on My Sister… by Mama http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=103#comment-51 Mama Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:52:15 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=103#comment-51 Brandi, What do I say? ... no words convey the full extent of my feelings...God has blessed me so much. As always, I'm proud of you and I love you! Thank you, Mama Brandi,
What do I say? … no words convey the full extent of my feelings…God has blessed me so much. As always, I’m proud of you and I love you!
Thank you,
Mama

]]> Comment on Alabama Summer 2009 by Aunt Marilyn http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=90#comment-45 Aunt Marilyn Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:24:33 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=90#comment-45 Oh, I do love your writings and do so agree with you! Thank you! We missed you two so much at the reunion--all of us did. Ariel said "i'll just have Mark to talk to without Sarah and Adam and Brandi and Luke." She was not there much, though, because she had a wedding rehearsal Fri. night and the wedding Sat. night--singing in it. What insight into education! You are so right about a career in education not being because it is easy and you have summers off. I think good teachers are "called" just like God calls others to the ministry. I retired officially May 22 after 40 years. I finished cleaning out "my room" and getting it ready for the next teacher just last Wednesday. I put in many hours this last month even after officially retiring. Today, I put my keys in the mailbox in the office of the teacher taking my place. It was a strange feeling but I am happy about retirement--a new beginning--the next chapter in my life. Hopefully, we can see you a little before or after your family vacation trip. Lots of love to you two! Aunt Marilyn Oh, I do love your writings and do so agree with you! Thank you!
We missed you two so much at the reunion–all of us did. Ariel said “i’ll just have Mark to talk to without Sarah and Adam and Brandi and Luke.” She was not there much, though, because she had a wedding rehearsal Fri. night and the wedding Sat. night–singing in it. What insight into education! You are so right about a career in education not being because it is easy and you have summers off. I think good teachers are “called” just like God calls others to the ministry. I retired officially May 22 after 40 years. I finished cleaning out “my room” and getting it ready for the next teacher just last Wednesday. I put in many hours this last month even after officially retiring. Today, I put my keys in the mailbox in the office of the teacher taking my place. It was a strange feeling but I am happy about retirement–a new beginning–the next chapter in my life.
Hopefully, we can see you a little before or after your family vacation trip.
Lots of love to you two!
Aunt Marilyn

]]> Comment on A Shared Thought by Aunt Nena http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=15#comment-40 Aunt Nena Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:04:19 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=15#comment-40 I haven't really "figured out" how to get the most from your posting. I haven't had time. Somehow tonight was the night. I have been reading and reading!!!!! This really touched me. I agree with Marilyn. You just stepped into our family as though you had always been. I suppose you had - God knew it before we did. I miss you and Luke but am so proud for you. Thanks for sharing this sermonette with us. Hope to see you this summer. If I can hold on until May 15th I will be through with going to school and teaching school. Hooray!!!! I will have the same job next year if I want it. I have passed all my state tests and just have to apply for my teaching certificate. So the way I see it -- I can go into drop at 87, retire at 90 and then travel. Love, Aunt Nena I haven’t really “figured out” how to get the most from your posting. I haven’t had time. Somehow tonight was the night. I have been reading and reading!!!!! This really touched me. I agree with Marilyn. You just stepped into our family as though you had always been. I suppose you had – God knew it before we did. I miss you and Luke but am so proud for you.

Thanks for sharing this sermonette with us. Hope to see you this summer. If I can hold on until May 15th I will be through with going to school and teaching school. Hooray!!!! I will have the same job next year if I want it. I have passed all my state tests and just have to apply for my teaching certificate. So the way I see it — I can go into drop at 87, retire at 90 and then travel.

Love,
Aunt Nena

]]> Comment on One romantic weekend… by Shirley Simchik http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=27#comment-37 Shirley Simchik Mon, 16 Mar 2009 05:04:32 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=27#comment-37 Brandi, You've got to be kidding! 40 garlic cloves! Do you mean 4? I can't eat garlic at all, so 40 would probably kill me. I would like to have the recipe, if you don't mind sharing it, for that banana pudding you made for Adam and Sara's rehearsal dinner Brandi,

You’ve got to be kidding! 40 garlic cloves! Do you mean 4?

I can’t eat garlic at all, so 40 would probably kill me.

I would like to have the recipe, if you don’t mind sharing it, for that banana pudding you made for Adam and Sara’s rehearsal dinner

]]> Comment on Holidays 2008 by Aunt Marilyn http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=42#comment-35 Aunt Marilyn Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:20:22 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=42#comment-35 What a good writer you are!! How descriptive and expressive--I love it! How exactly you described the feelings of many of us (at least the deeply sentimental ones that hold to our family traditions)! And, yes it will not be exactly the same again. But you will manage to keep many, many of your family traditons and even make new ones--especially when you are blessed with little ones of your own. And, as you reach each stage in your life, there will be more changes but you will manage those, too. In fact,you will come to embrace many of them and still hold dear the memories of the past. I know of what I speak--I am 14 years older than David and when Mama sold his baby bed to someone who really needed it, I cried. When Granny and Granddaddy Day moved to a better house, I cried for the old one and all my familiar and loved play places but Mama helped me understand that it was a change that made life much better for them. Anyhow, you get the idea--I am a sentimental old fool but even I have made it through many changes. Life is full of changes. I know, enough already! Lots of love to you and Luke!! Thanks for sharing!! What a good writer you are!! How descriptive and expressive–I love it! How exactly you described the feelings of many of us (at least the deeply sentimental ones that hold to our family traditions)! And, yes it will not be exactly the same again. But you will manage to keep many, many of your family traditons and even make new ones–especially when you are blessed with little ones of your own. And, as you reach each stage in your life, there will be more changes but you will manage those, too. In fact,you will come to embrace many of them and still hold dear the memories of the past. I know of what I speak–I am 14 years older than David and when Mama sold his baby bed to someone who really needed it, I cried. When Granny and Granddaddy Day moved to a better house, I cried for the old one and all my familiar and loved play places but Mama helped me understand that it was a change that made life much better for them. Anyhow, you get the idea–I am a sentimental old fool but even I have made it through many changes. Life is full of changes. I know, enough already! Lots of love to you and Luke!! Thanks for sharing!!

]]> Comment on Enjoying a Huntsville Autumn by grandma http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-22 grandma Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:33:28 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-22 Hey Brandi and Luke,The trees look so pretty. Glad you and Luke are enjoying it. Have a great time!! It must be nice to be so entergetic!!!!!!See you Thanksgiving. Love you, Grandmaul and Granddaddy. Hey Brandi and Luke,The trees look so pretty. Glad you and Luke are enjoying it. Have a great time!! It must be nice to be so entergetic!!!!!!See you Thanksgiving. Love you, Grandmaul and Granddaddy.

]]> Comment on Enjoying a Huntsville Autumn by Aunt Nena http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-16 Aunt Nena Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:24:54 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-16 Great to hear from you! It is beautiful!! Glad you are getting to enjoy it all. Have fun enjoying your life together. Precious times!! Love, Aunt Nena Great to hear from you! It is beautiful!! Glad you are getting to enjoy it all. Have fun enjoying your life together. Precious times!!
Love,
Aunt Nena

]]> Comment on Enjoying a Huntsville Autumn by Mama http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-15 Mama Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:52:31 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-15 The world needs more energetic volunteers like you two. The trees look soooo pretty. Wish I could be there, too! Love ya, Mama The world needs more energetic volunteers like you two. The trees look soooo pretty. Wish I could be there, too! Love ya, Mama

]]> Comment on Enjoying a Huntsville Autumn by Betty http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-14 Betty Fri, 14 Nov 2008 23:48:15 +0000 http://www.brandiandluke.com/?p=35#comment-14 Dear Luke & Brandi, Madeline introduced me to your website. It looks great and so do the two of you. Hope we get to see you soon. Take care. Love Betty & family Dear Luke & Brandi,
Madeline introduced me to your website. It looks great and so do the two of you. Hope we get to see you soon. Take care.
Love Betty & family

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