New Beginnings

This past year was full of its ups and downs.  Of course, the downs for once out weighed the ups.  Relearning how to live life without mom and grandpa has had its challenges at times, but good has also shone through.  It is amazing how much you take for granted when it comes to family and once you realize that you no longer have the opportunity of time it can be heart breaking.  


Dealing with mom and grandpa's illnesses and deaths, then planning both of their funerals have brought my grandma, my little sister, and I much closer than before.  My little sister has instituted Family Dinner Night once a week, which is the brightest shining joy from the turbulent year of 2010.  Other joys also filled 2010, our pumpkin started preschool and our princess celebrated her first birthday.   


I was hoping that 2011 would spare our family from sickness, but alas my dad's cancer has returned.  After crashing from mom's defeat of cancer, we are once again taking the roller coaster ride of uncertainty and waiting.   So we must hope for the best and pray that this year will be more joyful.   Besides, God never gives us more than we can handle and he has a reason for everything even if we cannot see it.

May mom and grandpa help tend the gardens of heaven