{"id":2148,"date":"2017-02-13T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuppacoldwater.wordpress.com\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2017-04-04T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:36:16","slug":"merry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stripedpineapple.com\/?p=2148","title":{"rendered":"Merry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PC to Micah<\/p>\n

We used to say that we couldn\u2019t have two of our siblings marry siblings, but Micah decided otherwise when he picked Michael\u2019s sister. And now, we aren\u2019t even sorry. <\/span><\/p>\n

Merry is a homemaker to the core, as is evidenced by her careful guidance of her children, her lovely little home, and the abundance of pies seemingly always in her fridge. She can make anything she touches beautiful, and her artistic sewing capabilities are in high demand. <\/span><\/p>\n

Even better, she isn\u2019t afraid of an honest conversation, and loves to fill her tiny home to the max with people she loves and feed them pie and discuss life with them. Pretty much, Merry is hospitality personified.<\/span><\/p>\n

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PC to Micah We used to say that we couldn\u2019t have two of our siblings marry siblings, but Micah decided otherwise when he picked Michael\u2019s sister. And now, we aren\u2019t even sorry. Merry is a homemaker to the core, as is evidenced by her careful guidance of her children, her lovely little home, and the abundance of pies seemingly always in her fridge. She can make anything she touches beautiful, and her artistic sewing capabilities are in high demand. Even…<\/p>\n

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