Merry Christmas!! Today has been a fun day to watch the kiddo's open their gifts from 'Santa'! The boys slept in til 8am or so this morning...yahoo for mom and dad...lol. We actually had to wake Milo up because Egan wanted to open presents soo bad! This was a fun year for Milo too.....just starting to understand it all.....he opened all of his presents sooo gently yesterday and today...it was really sweet to watch him....maybe he'll learn from Egan and Jonathon....the faster the better....hehehe! Milo has been playing with his Playdoh for the majority of the day....He got quite a bit of it from us and he LOVES playdoh! Egan has been playing with his Ben Ten toys he got today and now the boys (Dan included) are watching Ratatuille (also a gift today!)
It has been our family tradition to go out for Chinese every Christmas....Dan and I were trying to think how long we've been doing this.....at least 5 years or so....it started out just Dan, Egan and myself, then the year before my sister died, she joined us with Jonathon....since then, my parents have come with us as well......and then some! Each year it gets busier at First Wok, but we always have great service and the waiters have fun with it! This year, my parents came with Jonathon and then it was the 4 of us. The boys LOVE the Crab Rangoon and that was their lunch! Oh well, It's Christmas right?? So, today has been a very relaxing day for all of us! Milo has been playing with the Nativity set alot lately and today when he was playing with it, he was singing about Jesus! I couldn't quite understand what he was singing except for Jesus...isn't that sweet! He's almost 3 years old and just started talking! He's been going to speech for about a year or so and it's just incredible to hear his sweet little voice singing!!! I'm definately thankful for that sweet little voice. I just have to keep telling myself that when he's screaming "I had it first!" oy!
Anyway, may you be filled with Peace, Joy and Love today!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Why
Ok, I decided to start this blog because of my dear friend who has a little one with some problems. Truthfully, I've thought about starting a blog for awhile, I just hadn't done it....but Alicia had mentioned how everyone should have a blog and it seems to be good therapy for her, as well as her friends and family. So, we'll see how this goes!
I've been having a hard time lately, truth be told. This is a hard time of year for my family and I. In April of 2005 my sister and my niece were murdered. That sounds so disturbing, doesn't it? Probably because it is disturbing! There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about them and wonder what life would be like with them here. Some days I laugh and think about all the silly things they used to do (and there were LOTS!) and other days I cry about those same things or about how sweet and loving they were. Lately though, it's been the latter. Last Sunday, I was driving home from the grocery store singing along with a Christmas song on the radio when all the sudden I just started to cry! You know I concluded through this whole ordeal that grief is a very personal and selfish thing....not in a bad way...it's just the way it is. We want them back sooooo bad, but why? for US.....not them. One of my FAVORITE authors is Max Lucado....READ HIS STUFF....anyway, my mom and I read tons of his books after the girls died and in one of his books he said something about why do you think Jesus didn't bring back too many people from the dead? Because he wasn't doing THEM any favors....Dang.....ain't that true?? Wise words!!
So, there are days that are better than others but then there are days that are bittersweet. Either way, I miss them like crazy and long for the day when we will all be together again!!
And even though I have this sadness with me, I do feel that overall I am coping fairly well....I am looking forward to Christmas and some of our 'new' traditions with our family as well as older ones too! I can't wait to see the boys on Christmas day with their presents as we celebrate the birth of Jesus!
thanks for listening!
nicole
I've been having a hard time lately, truth be told. This is a hard time of year for my family and I. In April of 2005 my sister and my niece were murdered. That sounds so disturbing, doesn't it? Probably because it is disturbing! There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about them and wonder what life would be like with them here. Some days I laugh and think about all the silly things they used to do (and there were LOTS!) and other days I cry about those same things or about how sweet and loving they were. Lately though, it's been the latter. Last Sunday, I was driving home from the grocery store singing along with a Christmas song on the radio when all the sudden I just started to cry! You know I concluded through this whole ordeal that grief is a very personal and selfish thing....not in a bad way...it's just the way it is. We want them back sooooo bad, but why? for US.....not them. One of my FAVORITE authors is Max Lucado....READ HIS STUFF....anyway, my mom and I read tons of his books after the girls died and in one of his books he said something about why do you think Jesus didn't bring back too many people from the dead? Because he wasn't doing THEM any favors....Dang.....ain't that true?? Wise words!!
So, there are days that are better than others but then there are days that are bittersweet. Either way, I miss them like crazy and long for the day when we will all be together again!!
And even though I have this sadness with me, I do feel that overall I am coping fairly well....I am looking forward to Christmas and some of our 'new' traditions with our family as well as older ones too! I can't wait to see the boys on Christmas day with their presents as we celebrate the birth of Jesus!
thanks for listening!
nicole
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