I've recently been seeing these videos on Instagram of people's year in a review. Seeing those made me start reflecting on the year that we have had. Our Christmas card was also a reflection of the year. I took most all of our family pictures we had taken throughout the year and and voila' this was our card. Family is important to me and I want our boys to be able to look back and see us doing things as a family. Therefore, any chance I get, I take a family photo! Yep, as you can imagine Mark is always thrilled. ;)
It's definitely been a great year despite a few bumps along the way. We started several months of fertility last January only to find out in March that my body was not responding as it should have been. That very next month, we conceived all on our own. For whatever reason, that baby was chosen to be with Jesus early. We never met him, but he still has a strong bond with this family. The boys still ask or mention him ever so often. Taxes hit us hard last year. I was expecting it to be rough, but not nearly as rough as it was. I was depressed and really didn't know what to do. I can say now though that we were able to pay them on time and not borrow or not pay something else in order to take care of those. Praise God!! (This year I am preparing better!) Summer came, we had a nice vacation to Destin with family and other family came to visit us. The boys started back to school in the fall. Bently is in Prek3 and Anderson is still in MDO. We lost my Mamaw Jo in October. I still miss her very much and think about her often. I am thankful for the time I had with her, but in the past few weeks have been wishing I had more good time with her. I guess we will always regret something. Mark and I took a trip to San Francisco where he presented several things there. (Proud wife moment!) Then we celebrated the boys' birthday. Thanksgiving was here in Augusta. My in-laws came out half of the week and then my sister the other half. Good times were had. We spent Christmas here last week just the four of us. We enjoyed Mark being off some. Can't say we did much, but spent time together. The boys love nothing more than wasting the day away wrestling. We leave tomorrow to go to Louisiana for the week.
This is just a glimpse of what this past year has been for us. All of this said. Times were tough at moments, but God's grace was always sufficient for us. Tears were shed for sad moments, but happy ones too! We have loved more this past year and given away more to others and my heart is full for that. Our needs were always met. My sisters like to laugh and call me tight or talk about poor man's food, but we do what we have to do!
I can't even begin to imagine what 2014 will be like! Will we be a family of 5 by next December? Will we be moving closer to home or further away the following year? What new friends will we make? What travels will we take as a family? How will we bless others? I don't know the answers, but I am excited to continue this journey!
My wish is that this new year will bring you your heart's desire. Many blessings to you all,
Amber
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