23 years ago tomorrow(ahem...24 years ago tomorrow) my apologies!!

I wasn't there but it was a special day when Shannon Lee was born.

I remember her when she was about four. I remember her dad bending down and hugging her and calling her "Sugar-Bear". I remember when her mom told me that she wanted to dress just like Maleah. Maleah had a lot of frilly dresses that Grandma got for her. I remember the 4-Him concerts. Once Shannon's mom took them to Peoria, Illinois to see the group. Needless to say, the 4-Him guys know Shannon and Maleah. Maleah also took a train to Kansas City while Shannon was in college so they could go to a concert up there.

Shannon and Maleah used to talk to a guy who was a DJ on the local Christian radio station. Actually, Shannon had talked to him and told Maleah about him. The guy sent Shannon a picture and then Maleah started talking to him also. Tony wanted to meet them in person. I was a little uneasy with that so we arranged that I would go with them to meet him at Steak n'Shake. Sure enough, he did come and they found out that he was paralyzed from the waist down. He had been involved in a car accident when he was 19. He became a good friend and came over to visit with us several times.

I remember that I took Shannon and Maleah to St. Louis one night to see the radio station in person. Tony was on and he had invited them to come up and see it all. I got lost at one point and tried to turn into a parking lot in the dark. I can't remember all the details but I do know that I turned in front of a car and Shannon let out a scream in the back seat "We're all going to die!!!!!!!"

That same trip she mentioned that maybe she should marry Shawn. I really didn't think too much about it because she is three years younger than he is. But little did I know that God had that planned!

Shan, I hope you have a great birthday tomorrow! Make us proud with your mothering skills on that little guy!!!(Chewie, I mean!) We love you.