Many of you know that both my sister, Meredith, and I were adopted at birth. After many, many years of infertility, my parents adopted me in 1989. I was an only child for five and a half years, and then little Meredith came along in 1995. And Meredith has been a spitfire from.day.one.

I say that in jest, but in all seriousness, life has never been very easy for Meredith. I don’t want to tell her story—I’ll let her do that—but suffice it to say, Meredith is a fighter. She meets challenge after challenge, and she rolls with the punches. Things that would knock other people out barely phase her.

That’s why we are all so excited to see Meredith so happy. Our hearts are full knowing she is so well loved, and we are excited to welcome Steven, and his family, in to our family. We know he’s going to take real good care of our girl.