Remembering...

This weekend is the annual Fall Festival at the church my brother and his family go to. I was thinking back to this time last year and how much life has changed. That weekend, my mom and step-father Barney drove over to spend the day with us and enjoy the wonderful weather. WOW, what a difference a year makes. NEVER in my life if you would have told me that day, eating a hot dog and watching Grace play would Barney that a year later he would be gone. It is a loss that my family feels everyday. How short we had him and how long he will remain with us is amazing in itself. He came into our lives to fast and just that fast he was gone again. As I sit here in a house my mother never imagined owning, living in Conroe again, and not having him with her, I am stunned at how short, amazing, lonely, wonderful and miraculous life can be....

Also, I remember that a year ago I didn't even know Jeff, my soon to be husband. I was dating someone else in fact and praying to understand why that relationship wasn't what I dreamed it should be. I was trying to hard to make it something it wasn't, spending to much time worrying, crying, and hoping things would change. They did...we broke up. After that happened and I moped around for a while, I decided to give online dating a try again and there he was, my prince.

I guess this weekend is I have been doing a lot of thinking...and have come to a conclusion that isn't shocking to me at all. Life is about Change...sometime that change is good, great, sad or horrible but change it is. It is going to happen and we must ride the ride....