[Magdalen] Thanksgivings: Samantha's 21st birthday

[Ann Markle]

Wait -- how did this little toddler that I met at Diana Smith's
Installation Party (for the installation of +Frank Griswold in 1998),
change into a young adult?  This simply cannot be.  I remember, Cady, when
I called you an Amazon (being awestruck by you), and you couldn't decide if
it was a compliment or an insult.  It was most definitely a compliment, and
I think I went on at great length to reassure you that it was!  Of course,
I had already had several glasses of wine by then....

Please convey my happiest returns to Sam!

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 1:36 PM, cady soukup <cadyasoukup at gmail.com> wrote:

> Our youngest, and our only daughter, turns 21 today!
>
> Her first list meet was with Connie and Bill Jones in Virginia Beach
> in the summer of ?1996? She's been to several list meets since then,
> in the Chicago area and closer to home. She returns from this year's
> time at Lees Ferry Lodge near Marble Canyon, AZ next week.
>
> I am very, very grateful she lived through her toddler years when she
> managed to visit the emergency room twice a year for a few years.
> Given that I have a brother who survived a very similar number of
> visits, it wasn't a surprise for me. Her father was not amused.
>
> Happy birthday to Samantha Grace Landrum, now known as "Sam" (to fit
> in with her 3 older brothers?)!
>
> hugs all around - Cady
>