Our Year In Review

Last year, we celebrated New

Year's Eve at my parents house.

We didn't know what this year

would hold.

We never do.

We had lots of happy memories.

Easter with my parents.

My Mom cooked the meal.

A much planned trip to Joe's

Crab Shack.

Something my Mom really

wanted to do.

A trip to see Mary Poppins

on Broadway and a trip

to Katz after.

A Fun Girl Trip to Maine with

Mom.
The celebration of our kids one
year Adoption Anniversary.
Mom celebrated with us.
Halloween trick-or-treating
with the kids and my Mom.

Celebrating our first Thanksgiving

without.

Celebrating our first Christmas without.
This past year has been one

of the hardest of my life. For a year we

hoped, we prayed, we planned.

We hoped for a cure, we

prayed for a cure,

and we planned what to do with the time

we'd been give.

We had the privilege of spending our

year making memories with Mom.

We had the privilege of a year telling her

how much we loved her. Next year

will be our first year without her.

Next year will be different than this,

but it is a gift of time. Time for us

to make memories together.

Happy New Year.