Love Hate Relationship
I have a love hate relationship with Christmas cards. I love seeing how everyone's family has grown and changed. The bright smiling faces, pictures from the year that has passed, great memories that they love to share, beautiful smiles, happy families. And then there is the deep sadness that hits me every time I open a card. You see we have none of those joyous children to show. Our kids haven't made lots of memories with us this past year. We don't have loads of fabulous family memories to share. We have loss, deep deep loss. We have a year of grief, we have pain. Don't get me wrong, we aren't living in some deep dark hole, but we have walked through some pretty dark days. This past year has been one of growth and change. We have made through a period of time that I could not even fathom passing. People always think they can't make it through something until they have no other choice. You don't know how you are going to make it, you just do. It...