Monday Meetings

The Lord has blessed me with some incredible people in my life. I only thought that the natural thing to do with this blessing of people is to share a little bit about them with you. I decided to make Mondays my day of introductions of those that I find special. Today, I will introduce you to my sister.
Meet Laura Marie Trauth Beech..........
Laura is a 25 year old, 6th grade history teacher, and wife to Connor Beech. But more importantly than all of those things is the fact that she is my little sister. If I could have somehow pre-ordered my siblings, picked out their personalities and designed their attitudes I would have still gotten it wrong. The Lord knew exactly what I needed in a sister and He created Laura Marie, or as some call her - Lou, and I have been forever grateful. Laura and I have not always gotten along. My mom used to get frustrated with our fighting, and would ever so kindly remind us that one day we would be best friends. I thought to myself "yeah, right." But I was so wrong. We did become best friends and I honestly don't know what I would do without her. Laura is one of the most merciful and compassionate people you will ever meet. She thinks of others before herself, she is kind, genuine, and fun to be around. Now, she will argue with you until you are blue in the face, but she just likes the debate. Laura cares for her students, she is an excellent wife, and more than anything she wants to glorify the Lord with her life. Laura has been my rock, my strength in hard times. She has been a source of not only encouragement but a source of wisdom and understanding. She has the great capacity to love not only in times of great joy, but in times when my face is swollen with tears, and my words unrecognizable with bitterness. To have Laura as a friend is lucky indeed.
She is also a woman of great talent in the area of craftiness. She sews with a naturalness that can only come from the genes she inherited from our grandmother. Her work is beautiful .... just like she her personality.
So, if you know her send her a little "Hello" and lift up a prayer for her this week.

You can follow her at www.fleur-de-lou.blogspot.com.