Yesterday was Great-Grandma Helen Stephens' (Quentin's dad's mom) 93rd birthday. She has 4 kids, 19 grandkids, at least 41 great-grandkids and at least 5 great-great grandkids. Amazing. Most of the family went out to eat last night to celebrate this wonderful woman. She truly is one of the most inpiring people I know. She is so active and positive and optomistic - just simply incredible. When she walks in the room with her high heels, dangly jewelry and ruby lips, the room lights up and feels alive. You can't help but smile and feel good when you see her. After dinner, she gathered the "greats" around and told them stories about why she loves butterflies so much, asked them to not forget their dear Great-Grandpa, and acted out a story (which we were told took 8 weeks for her to prepare) in which she sang and dressed up and showed props. At the end she mentioned that she always wanted to be a queen for a day and since it was her birthday she decided she could be the queen of the day. Then she told us we could all sing Happy Birthday to her - and she led the family in singing to her! What an inspiration she is. She is truly admired and adored!
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