OK – Here comes the update in a short digest version.
March – My wonderful husband and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. We sent the kids to my mom and dad’s and had the whole weekend and whole house to ourselves. We went out to eat at grown-up restaurants and watched grown-up movies and talked about grown-up things. It was really great.
April – I celebrated my 33rd birthday on the 6th. I felt different this year – I guess it’s something about being the same age Jesus was when He was crucified. It kind of raised the bar on what kind of person I wanted to strive to be and the kinds of things I wanted to fill my days with. On Good Friday, April 10th my husband and I led my 5 year old son to the Lord. We called both sets of grandparents and all celebrated with tears of joy. April 12th we celebrated Easter and my mother-in-law’s birthday. On April 19th, Foster was baptized and both sets of grandparents were there. On April 26th, Nana passed away, my mother-in-law who was just there at her birthday lunch and her grandson’s baptism was gone. I have never experienced a death this close. It was unexpected, my husband was only 28 years old. I was expecting another grandbaby for her to spoil with gifts and love. God’s ways are not our ways but HE is so awesome in the ways that He provides for us and lifts us up to carry on when we feel like giving up and sticking our heads in the sand. The loss of Nana has left a tremendous hole, more on that
later…
May – my husband celebrated his 29th birthday. Without his mom, it wasn’t the same for him.