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Proud Dad!
Wow! What a privilege to be able to give your daughter away in marriage to a special man who loves her with all his heart. Two Saturdays ago-the 21st of February-Meaghan Marie Miller became Meaghan Marie Lambert. She and John Lambert of Decatur, Alabama became husband and wife.
John and Meaghan have dated each other exclusively since they met 7 years ago. That in itself is remarkable with the number of disposable relationships today.
Speaking of relationships, the very fact that Meaghan called a month ago and asked me to walk her down the aisle is a small miracle. I had not seen Meaghan in over five years. The last time I saw her was after I had been out of prison for less than a year. She traveled to Maryland from Alabama where she lives, and where I lived for eighteen years. For five years, from 1998 to 2003, I was in prison. Those were the years that Meaghan needed me the most. She was thirteen when I went to prison and eighteen when I got out. I have never blamed her for holding that against me. My totally selfish, out-of-control behavior robbed her of a dad and the time, energy, love, support, and money she needed to grow up feeling safe and secure in her daddy’s love. We communicated by phone and letter over those years, but that doesn’t replace the time and touch of being there.
Needless to say, I was very proud, and very grateful, to be able to spend some time with her before the wedding and re-establish a relationship with this beautiful young woman-my daughter, Meag.
p.s. I’m going to be a Pop-Pop in August. Who da’ thunk it?
A very grateful man,
Starting out right
-Harv
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March 4th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Harv,
So much to celebrate here. Our God is the One who promises to restore what the locusts have eaten. I LOVE this post. Congratulations proud pappa. Your little girl is beautiful
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October 20th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
Bless you for your help.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Couldnt be written any better. Reading this post reminds me of my old room mate! He always kept talking about this. I will forward this article to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read. Thanks for sharing!