Christmas 2009 ~

Life Changes ~

Some people think they have it all figured out ~ married, children, jobs ~ I know I was one of them.

I met him at 17, married him a month shy of my 21st birthday, waited, hoped, prayed for a baby that didn't arrive....then after being married 12 years, we got a chance to adopt a baby boy ~ OMGosh, he was the cutest, and we spoiled him so. His first Christmas with us, he was 14 months old, and had a whole department store of toys in our living room ~ toys that were too old for him, but we convinced ourselves that we'd buy them anyway, and he'd grow into them :) We got each other, "Best Mom" and "Greatest Father" ornaments for our tree ~ remembering back all those years ago, I get a tear in my eye ~ our life was finally on track, and we were a happy family.

Years went by, he grew up, was very close to his dad and I thought I had it figured out, life was going the way I wanted it to go, we didn't have a lot of money, but we didn't want for many things and life was happily moving along.

When you least expect it, life punches you in the stomach and says TAKE THAT ~ Now what are you going to do? How are you going to figure this one out? Life changes ~

My husband of 22 years died very suddenly and unexpectedly one night ~ our 10 year old son went to bed with a dad, and woke up the next morning without one ~ Life changes

I HATED the single life, I was used to waking with someone and sharing our days ~ someone to talk with and to hug me when I was down and tell me everything would be ok, someone who cared about me.

Then, another curve ball ~ this time it was more welcome, someone to love again, someone to care about, someone who loved me the way I thought would never happen in my life again, someone I married. Life changes.

Merry Christmas from all of us!