Lyndsey & Daniel

Hello,

My name is Janii Turner.  I am 10 years old.  Auntie Lyndsey is my god-mother and I am her namesake! This says a lot about her already. Who names their kid after someone who is not great?! I have big shoes to fill, but I am up for the challenge!

I am so happy for her and happy she asked me to be a flower girl! I don’t know Mr. Daniel very well, but my Auntie Lyndsey is smart and confident so if she thinks he is a keeper I am all in!

I love you, Auntie Lyndsey!

-Janii Turner 

Hello,

My name is Tiffiny Turner. Lyndsey and I have been friends over 20 years. We met at Robert E. Peary Middle School in sixth grade homeroom. Over the 3 years of middle school we developed a very strong friendship: staying the night at each other’s house, going to the movies, mall, and Immature (now known as IMX) concerts, our favorite boy band.

After graduation we each attended different high schools and then I moved to another county. We still saw each other often and talked as much as we could. In 2000 we graduated high school and she went away to college and I stayed home and attended a local junior college and worked. While we did not talk daily when we did it was always as if no time had passed. In 2006 I gave birth to my first child, Bryce, and asked Lyndsey to be his godmother; in 2008 my second child, Janii (who is named after Lyndsey), was born.

In 2015 I was introduced to Lyndsey’s now-fiancé Daniel. After talking with him and seeing them together I knew it was something different. On my son’s tenth birthday Lyndsey came to his party and Daniel joined her for the ride. At the party, I was able to get to know him better and knew that I liked them together. I was still not convinced that he was the one for her, though.

What sealed the deal for me was when I asked Lyndsey to have a conversation with Daniel about the arrangement she and I had put in place for my children after my husband passed. Lyndsey is a godparent to my children and Daniel has agreed to be the same. 

I am so happy for the two of them! I wish them a lifetime of love, joy, and prosperity. I pray God bless this union abundantly!

-Tiffiny Turner 

How do you know Lyndsey?

That’s a funny question, really. You see, I’ve known Lyndsey my whole life and like she told me when we were children and to this very day, “ I’m stuck with her forever!”( insert her evil laugh here ) .

I can’t clearly remember the precise time, place , or when we met. All I know is it happened when we were both babies. Our mom’s in my mind put us together like trying to match your purse to your Sunday best shoes but, the conversation was more like, “ You have such an adorable baby, and I have an adorable baby. Let’s put both adorable babies together and they’ll be best friends! Awww” I had no choice as you can see (sigh).

So here I was this adorable baby ready to embark on my journey, to explore “ strange new worlds and go boldly where no baby have gone before…” ( Capt. Kirk voice). I stood up with my wobbly baby legs in my booties armed with my pacifier and a heavy diaper when this other baby who was teething called “The Lyndsey”, crawled up to me and subliminally messaged me with, “ we ready girlfriend! Lets go touching stuff.” Ever since then we’ve been road dogs. LOL
Lyndsey, for those who still don’t know how we know each other, is my first cousin on my mother, Sandra McConnell side. Lyndsey’s Mother, Lynne Kuykendall is my mother’s older sister and my aunt. Although she is my cousin. She along with her sister, Niija are like sisters to me and my sister Schelley Lang. We are one fascinating, talented, imaginative, loyal, honest, funny, fun, spirited, classy, and sassy group of women. I can’t forget creative. Lyndsey is our inventor out of the four of us ladies. We are all that we have of each other and we don’t mind it one bit. We celebrate each other’s accomplishments no matter how big or small, support each other during the highs and lows in our lives. We pray for each other’s happiness and rejoice when one of us gives birth to babies. We are there for each other when we experience feelings of anger, madness, sadness, grief, death, disappointment, and helplessness. We travel the world and experience new adventures with each other. We are more than ever overcome with such joy when one of us finds that special love we all pray to have someday.

As small children Lyndsey and I would play dress up by stealing Niija’s fancy puffy long dresses because we thought she was so cool and pretend we were rulers of mystical lands ravaged by magical beings. Niija didn’t like us in her clothes too much but, at times ended up dressing up and indulging in our fantasy world before doing “ older kids stuff“. We also played house and princess with our Cabbage Patch dolls, G.I. Joe’s, and Barbie dolls. In case you didn’t know this but, Barbie is married to G.I. Joe still to this day.

Lyndsey has always held her head up high, back straight and kept her crown . I for one know she has never taken off one of the most beautiful crowns that I have ever seen. She wears it with dignity, elegance, and grace- expected of royalty. She is the epitome of what a true princess transitioning into a queen is. Megan Markle dims compared to Lyndsey and should take several seats.

Finally her prince charming NOW king has made it. He has conquered and survived every quest and challenge thrown at him. He is deemed worthy of her hand after fighting dragons, witches, warlocks, and wild beast. He has been knighted and is ready to claim his heart and true love. All that we as children ever imagined it would be.

How did I meet Lyndsey?!  Truth be told she met me first, while I was roasting in my mom’s stomach. Over the years Lyndsey and I developed a bond of not just first cousins but, more like a sister-ship.

Our bond grew stronger over the years even though we both graduated from rival HBCU’s in the ”DMV” areas (That's another story). We were able to survive knowing that we had each other to lean on during the snow blizzards, top parties, getaway vacations, humid days, job search, holidays, the ups, and the downs.

These trails and tribulations were survived through prayer and the foundation that was instilled in us. We laughed, cried, and celebrated the victorious moments of graduations, law induction, marriage, and childbirth.

To know and love my big cousin-sister Lyndsey for more than 30 years. Daniel has become a light that has added to Lyndsey’s happiness. He is the music to her heartbeat and I am more than honored to witness their triumph love and it's REAL!!!

It is said that, "MARRIAGE is a gift from God to us, the QUALITY of that marriage is the GIFT to HIM." (Elder Whitney L. Clayton).