We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve celebrated our successes and mourned our defeats. We’ve sat back and watched in amazement at the strength we often didn’t know we had- and we’ve picked each other up when we just didn’t think we could go on any longer. Our kids have fought and made up, spent countless weekendsContinue reading “The Family We Choose”
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Three Years _ 2016
It’s been three years…. Three years sounds like a long time, but it actually got here in the blink of an eye. And in that blink I have learned so much… I learned that things don’t always turn out the way you had planned or the way you think they should, but life still goesContinue reading “Three Years _ 2016”
On this day, two years ago… 2015
On this day, two years ago, our lives were forever changed. Although I was just an outsider looking in my heart was shattered into a million pieces and my faith in “Gods Plan” was doubted. But on this day, two years ago, I also saw a community come together, rivals stand together in prayer, andContinue reading “On this day, two years ago… 2015”
Seven Years
If we had known that a few weeks after this picture was taken our lives would be changed forever… I don’t know that we would have done anything differently. If we had, would it have made a difference? I use the term “we” loosely. No, it did not happen to one of my own childrenContinue reading “Seven Years”
Four Years – 2017
Still can’t believe it’s been four years. So much has changed in that short span of time… marriages, divorces, babies, graduations…. life has continued even though there were days we didn’t think we could make it another minute, let alone another day.. With so many changes a lot remains the same. I continue to beContinue reading “Four Years – 2017”
Five Years_IG5
I can’t believe it’s been five whole years. Some days it feels like they flew by and other days, not so much. But we managed to get through them – together – never once letting each other go, no matter how bad the mood was. A lot has happened in five years. Babies were born,Continue reading “Five Years_IG5”