Its been a while since I have blogged! Summer is over! We spent a whole month in Indiana with my family. I'm beyond blessed to have my family! But, I've come to realize that I'm blessed to have my family here in Oregon. As the kids get older, I've come to realize that I want them to be raised the way I was...Family is everything to me...regardless whether they are blood or just people who have become family by being friends! My kids have so many cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents!! I try everyday to remind Brogan of all his family in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Connecticut...and also England and Scotland!! We have pictures all over the house of our family! We always look at pictures on the computer! (seriously, what did we do before Facebook or email???) We Skype with as many as we can! I want my children to know who they are related to!
This past week, there was a family in a local town that had a horrific tradegy happen. A father killed his two daughters and then took his own life! For some reason it hit me hard, in the heart and with my mind! I don't think I could even imagine what that father was going thru, to take 2 innocence children lives? I just hope that that Mother has family and friends who love and support her thru this time!
I've been thru a horrific accident myself and I'm not sure what I would have done if I didn't have my family! When I was going thru all of that, I was receiving cards, phone calls and visits from people that were not family, but today....are people that I consider my family and I would do anything for.
