She's a little package of beautiful and she just turned one hundred years old.
We celebrated Oma's birthday as a family and it was nothing less than sentimental and lovely. She sipped tea while we all watched a pre-recorded interview with her on the big screen as she shared her answers to the many questions her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren had prepared. She told of her faith--that she hoped was still getting stronger. She recounted memories to the camera of the Dutch Liberation in Holland. She was asked about her thoughts on heaven and her favourite colour. Her thick, Dutch accent is a quality that rang in my ears as a sweet instrument that evening. Maria Dam's children sang and so did her grands and greats. We each held battery-operated candles in the dark and chimed in together for "Happy Birthday". At the end of the night, we all moseyed outside to watch the surprise fireworks display. It was a true symbol of the bursting joy I felt to be connected to her life lived well.
Happy 100th birthday, Oma! We love you very much! May the Lord bless you richly as you serve Him for as long as He allows you to be ours.
6 comments:
SO precious! What a lovely celebration! And, she'll always be yours...what a blessing. :) The Lord is Good, isn't He? Happy Birthday to your Oma. XO
SO BEAUTIFUL on many levels!! Are you all done with your parties now??!!!
What a beautiful celebration!
How lovely!! It's so nice to have wonderful people like this in our lives to celebrate isn't it?!
I have been thinking of you, friend and was thrilled to get a message from you! Thank you for checking in us. We went through a few months of health issues which turned into a 2 week, 5 dr appts battle with pneumonia for Brighton, and then went out of town last week. We are back and I've already started a few posts! I'm excited to be back and have lovely friends like you!
How precious!!! Happy one-hundredth Oma!!
Happy Birthday Oma!!
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