{"id":205,"date":"2016-01-26T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T12:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/?p=205"},"modified":"2020-09-03T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T15:27:36","slug":"meet-my-amazing-friend-martha-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Meet My Amazing Friend, Martha!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hey everyone!\u00a0 I am beyond blessed to introduce my AMAZING friend Martha to the Kelly\u2019s Korner blog world!!\u00a0\u00a0 She is one of the most remarkable women I have ever known, and I\u2019m looking forward to helping the right man hit the jackpot with her!<\/p>\n

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The first thing you need to know about Martha is that she is the perfect collision of North and South.\u00a0 She was raised in Connecticut so she has New England culture, class, and sensibility, yet Martha has lived in Florida for the last 15 years, which has cultivated a deep sense of Southern hospitality, charm, and warmth. The diversity in her background makes her happy in a variety of cultures and climates, which makes her comfortable on both ski slopes and sand dunes. As a result, she loves to travel and has had many adventures around both the country and the world.<\/p>\n

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Martha loves to laugh.\u00a0 She has an incredible sense of humor and even as I type these words, I am smiling thinking back on years of hysterical memories shared with her.\u00a0 Her intelligence gives her a very quick wit that you might not initially expect, based on her sweet demeanor.\u00a0 She has a perpetual twinkle in her eye that endears her to everyone, both young and old.\u00a0 Martha knows how to poke fun at herself, and she is able to make everyone laugh without making jokes at the expense of others.<\/p>\n

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If I were to choose the one characteristic that stands out the most about Martha, it\u2019s that she loves others so well.\u00a0 She has an incredible heart for God, and His love pours out from every fiber of her being.\u00a0 She lavishes love on her friends and family in ways that will leave you speechless. From unexpectedly picking up a friend\u2019s favorite coffee to crafting stunning photo books of memories to celebrate milestones, there is no act of love too large or small for Martha.\u00a0 The wheels in her mind are constantly turning with ways to shower the people in her life with love.<\/p>\n

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As a teacher and a nanny to dozens of families over the years, she has multiple children she loves as her own. Former students return year after year to share the impact she has had on their lives, and the babies she has cared for view her as a second mama.\u00a0 She encourages, she empowers, she challenges, she entertains\u2026she brings out the BEST in every child she meets. Personally, I am so thankful that my son will grow up with her\u2014at 10 months he is already enamored with and profoundly blessed by his Aunty M!<\/p>\n

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Beyond the people in her immediate sphere of influence, Martha loves her community, and she often reaches out to people that she has never even met.\u00a0 She has poured her heart into the Ronald McDonald House for years, caring for families who desperately need strength in times of need. I, and many others, can attest that she has made an incredible difference to those families during their most trying times.\u00a0 Martha has also raised money and awareness for causes dear to her heart by running races and organizing charity outreach projects, often using these events to empower her students to make a positive difference in the world.\u00a0 Martha has traveled to the Dominican Republic to help villages in extreme poverty, and she continues to support a family who captured her heart while she was serving there. \u00a0\u00a0To say that she goes above and beyond to show love to all of God\u2019s people is an extreme understatement.<\/p>\n

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She is beautiful both inside and out, and the truth is, I could go on and on listing all of her phenomenal qualities and still not even come close to capturing them all. She never seeks praise or recognition for who she is or for what she does; she simply does what she does and is who she is because she loves. For her, it\u2019s just that simple, love much, love often.<\/p>\n

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In the end, Martha wants to share her life with someone who has a heart for God and is ready to embrace all that this life has to offer.\u00a0 She longs for laughs, adventures, compassion, and understanding.\u00a0 The perfect man for Martha would be someone strong, caring, and who prioritizes love of God, then family, then friends.<\/p>\n

If you would like to know more about Martha for you or somebody else feel free to leave a comment or email me at jameemiller@me.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey everyone!\u00a0 I am beyond blessed to introduce my AMAZING friend Martha to the Kelly\u2019s Korner blog world!!\u00a0\u00a0 She is one of the most remarkable women I have ever known, and I\u2019m looking forward to helping the right man hit the jackpot with her! The first thing you need to know about Martha is that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/notsoshortterm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}