Posts made in June, 2023

The Gift

Posted by debhornell on Jun 10, 2023 in Blog, Uncategorized | 8 comments

Below is the speech I had the pleasure of giving at my son and daughter-in-law’s wedding on June 9, 2023. The name Matthew means “Gift of God”.  When our son Matt was young, Bill and I often wondered what to do with the energetic and enthusiastic gift we were given, but over the years his many gifts became apparent.   Matt is a charming, thoughtful, sentimental and insightful person. At 8 or 9, he said, “Mom, I know why you had me–you had to learn how to be with boys again” and he was right!  I grew up with 4 sweet brothers and had to readjust after having two wonderful daughters. Matt...