Normally when I blog, it is about fun things going on with my family, and I ALWAYS add some pictures. Today I wanted to blog about 2008. My sister and I were talking yesterday about what a hard year we have had with 2008, as we were driving back from Breckenridge from our grandmother's going away party. It all started just days after we rang in the new year, when I got a phone call on a Sunday that my cousin had been missing since Friday. Unfortunately about 30 minutes later, I got the dreadful call that he had passed away. My cousins and I are super close, so this was completely devistating to everyone! As this is all happening, my grandfather is not doing well, and we can tell he only has a little while longer with us, AND my uncle...the father of the cousin I lost...is not doing well to cancer. So I get a phone call from my dad (whose is taking care of my grandfather's every need), and I just knew he was going to tell me my grandfather had passed away, but instead, he tells me that my uncle (my dad's brother) had passed away. WHAT?!?! This was a total shock and completely out of left field. So now I am headed to Hot Springs to attend his funeral. Weeks later, I get the dreaded call that I need to come see my grandfather and say my last goodbyes, as well as go to see my other uncle who was told he only has 3 days left. So literally, in one weekend, I am driving to Breckenridge and Longview to say goodbye. A day after I said goodbye, my grandfather passed away. This was completely heartbreaking. I loved that man more than anything!!!! As I drive to go help out with all the arrangements, I got a call that my uncle had passed away. WOW! I can't take all of this! So a month passes by, and I feel that I am finally getting on my feet, when Brad gets a call that is mother is at the hospital and on life support. She had passed out, and never came back around. They had found a brain tumor. Now we are having to make arrangements for his sweet mother's funeral. Then we come to this weekend, where my sister and I took my kids to my grandmother's going away party because she feels she needs to be with her other family in Ohio. Tears were falling yesterday as we said another goodbye!
There is a saying that I love that really applies to all of this..."I know God won't give me more than I can handle, I just wish he didn't trust me so much." Thanks for letting me get all of this off my chest, and I am TRULY looking forward to 2009. I hope it has wonderful things in store for me!
