Ringing in the New Year

It has been a "tradition" to get together with Joyce and Lori, good friends I grew up with on Lloyd. It is great to see old friendships reconnecting each year, and new ones continuing to develop. It is fitting combination for a new year's eve celebration where old meets new.


As I reflect on this year my thoughts are of love, family, resilience, patience, friends, change, and growth. This year as a mom I faced the realization I am not super mom, I can not fix all things for Victoria and Daniel. We lost Dasher at 9 months,and as sad as I was, the hardest part was watching the pain felt by Victoria and so much more Daniel. Although this in reality is a small bump in the road of life it was a mountain to them. The reality check for myself is, it is also only one of many road bumps ahead for them, and I can not keep them from experiencing the saddness nor can I help make it go away. I can only hope that the rescilency they showed and the maturity I saw developing this summer will continue as the years provide them challenges.

This year was full of memories of great times with family, cousins from home, cousins from out of town, grandma and papa every day just for 5 min here and there. These moments were key to making this year filled with love and comfort.

Victoria is growing, she can wear my shoes, she is past my nose and she is counting the days until she is taller then me. She is developing opinions, she is becoming confident, here is to hoping she continues the be comfortable with who she is!

Daniel has become even more boy, he skips cartoons for ESPN in the mornings, sports illustrated kids, sports trading cards, he is funny and sarcastic, but despite the boy facade he still has a big heart and cares about others, hoping sports keep him strong, school keeps him smart and that he will still listen to his heart.

We are adding on to the house this year, with hopes to eliminate a leak, to add storage, to add chaos, to test our patience and to test or ability to compromise. Heres to my husband who stays calm, who reasons and heres to me who instigates and thrives on chaos. Between us we will get the job done and hopefully not strangle each other!
Happy New Year to those I love!