I actually remembered my password! It's been so long since I blogged and I always forget how much I like to do it. Even if people don't read it, it makes me feel good to just ramble sometimes ;)
When I logged in, I read through some of my posts from around this time last year and had to relive a very hard time in our lives. Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of an event that crippled our family. Losing Drew. I have thought about him so much these past two months, as Thanksgiving and Christmas would have been the times he was here. I miss his goofiness. I miss his laughter. I miss his never ending energy. I just miss him. Tomorrow is a day that I have dreaded for quite some time and I know that it will be hard on all of us. So I ask that God hug us a little tighter tomorrow and for Drew to keep us laughing, because that's what he did best.
Back to this new year at hand...
Where do I even begin to talk about 2013? I'll start with one of my 3 big goals for this year..."emptying my container." God knew I needed that message in church this morning. Basically, what I need to do is rid my life of "stuff." My container is filled with things that zap my energy (physically, emotionaly, mentally, financially...) and it's time for some major cleaning. My energy shouldn't be wasted on things that just don't matter. I need to get my container empty so that God can fill it up. I shouldn't have my container so full that He has to try to fit in between the gaps!
On to #2: Embrace! This will be the word that gets me through a few things that will take place this year. Examples?
*Me driving a mini-van. Yes, I said it. Yes, it will probably happen this week. Yes, it makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I have always said, there is NO WAY I would drive one. And then I drove one. Hello Mom's best friend! I mean, seriously! There is so much room and there are buttons for the buttons! Amazing!
*Brody starting Kindergarten...waaaaaaahhhh! Shoot me now!
*Me turning thi...thir...thirt....I can't say it (or type it) without gagging! This year will be the 1st anniversary of my 29th birthday and I am NOT handling it well.
*Husband turning 30! Man he's old ;)
So learning to EMBRACE things this year is going to be the only way I get through it!
And #3: The good old staple...losing weight! I want my body back, and Miss Adley did far more damage to it than my sweet little Brody (not that being 5 years older when I had her had anything to do with it!)
Of course there are other things I want to accomplish this year, but these 3 are a must. And it all starts...now!
When I logged in, I read through some of my posts from around this time last year and had to relive a very hard time in our lives. Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of an event that crippled our family. Losing Drew. I have thought about him so much these past two months, as Thanksgiving and Christmas would have been the times he was here. I miss his goofiness. I miss his laughter. I miss his never ending energy. I just miss him. Tomorrow is a day that I have dreaded for quite some time and I know that it will be hard on all of us. So I ask that God hug us a little tighter tomorrow and for Drew to keep us laughing, because that's what he did best.
Back to this new year at hand...
Where do I even begin to talk about 2013? I'll start with one of my 3 big goals for this year..."emptying my container." God knew I needed that message in church this morning. Basically, what I need to do is rid my life of "stuff." My container is filled with things that zap my energy (physically, emotionaly, mentally, financially...) and it's time for some major cleaning. My energy shouldn't be wasted on things that just don't matter. I need to get my container empty so that God can fill it up. I shouldn't have my container so full that He has to try to fit in between the gaps!
On to #2: Embrace! This will be the word that gets me through a few things that will take place this year. Examples?
*Me driving a mini-van. Yes, I said it. Yes, it will probably happen this week. Yes, it makes me throw up in my mouth a little bit. I have always said, there is NO WAY I would drive one. And then I drove one. Hello Mom's best friend! I mean, seriously! There is so much room and there are buttons for the buttons! Amazing!
*Brody starting Kindergarten...waaaaaaahhhh! Shoot me now!
*Me turning thi...thir...thirt....I can't say it (or type it) without gagging! This year will be the 1st anniversary of my 29th birthday and I am NOT handling it well.
*Husband turning 30! Man he's old ;)
So learning to EMBRACE things this year is going to be the only way I get through it!
And #3: The good old staple...losing weight! I want my body back, and Miss Adley did far more damage to it than my sweet little Brody (not that being 5 years older when I had her had anything to do with it!)
Of course there are other things I want to accomplish this year, but these 3 are a must. And it all starts...now!
