Ok....I've really been trying to not go too deep with all of you on here...it's really hard for me to express all that I'm going through and yet not let my kids read about it!!! Seriously....I started this blog for the sole purpose of being able to complain... I mean express my doubts and fears and then learn from them and hopefully grow from them.... BUT.....I'm reaching my limit....every night I hear myself tell Jim...." I just don't know how much more I can take...."
Of course, I hear nothing! I think Murphy feels the exact same way!!
I'm sure he's thinking something but I guess after 28 years of marriage he has learned to keep quiet. I'm sure I've trained him that way and I'm most definitely sure I don't like it!! I want Holidays to be fun! Full of memories, dreams, wishes, kindness toward others.. the same things that all of you want for your families as well! This was my first year to run into several obstacles within the family dynamics....NOT FUN!! Once again....I want Holidays to be fun! It's taken me an entire lifetime to realize and understand just how blessed my family on both sides has been! That even though we have our differences with distant relatives....we all get along and have a wonderful time together! I've come to realize that even my friends that I'm closest to don't have that....it's a concept that until recently has been quite foreign to me...and I'm glad....
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| Even Rosie is watching for them to come home! |
I am forever grateful that they are trying to decide WHEN to come home for Christmas....when it would be the most meaningful for them and for us! Yes, Holly knows that I would LOVE and really need her help for my shop's Open House as well as be here for my Christmas Party! However....her heart is torn because of leaving Brad alone so much and that they have their staff Christmas Party in New Orleans....their third home in less than 18 months! How many of us could truly make a HOME 3 different times in 18 months? WELL THEY HAVE!!!! Each time they get close to their employees and each time it is so very hard to leave them!!! I truly can't imagine!!!! I know for a fact that at each location...Jackson MS, Oxford, AL and now Kenner, LA...they have made a difference in the lives of the people they've met and gotten to know through each Chick Fil A and I know they have no regrets about that! They've grown closer to each other and definitely closer to the Lord! I certainly am very grateful for that!
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They certainly enjoyed their first Christmas as a married couple! There is nothing like watching it through a precious child's either! Brad really enjoyed getting to see Layton open her gifts!
and especially love this father/daughter moment
loved having Hannah and Will stop by to help!!!
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| Anticipation! |
and then there is Rosie and Murphy.....they look so sweet!!!! hmmmmm
There will be many more memories made this year that will also be very special...I'm just going to look for them and be grateful for them!
I'm really ok on a day to day basis...sometimes it just hits harder...like when Holly wants to be a Miller's basketball games right now! Thank heavens she can actually watch them on line and feel as if she is there...I am very grateful for that!
I am so very thankful they are having a good time together in New Orleans....what special memories they are creating! God is good , all the time.....we know that for certain so that is what I know I can and will put my trust in! I really do pray for God's perfect will for them....I know the desires of their heart as a mother but He certainly knows them intimately...and He knows what's best for them in ways I can't comprehend. 
