One of my favorite times of the year....decorating the Christmas tree. I love seeing the ornaments as they come out of the boxes. Finding a place for each one. Letting the kids do their own ornaments.
One of my least favorite times of the year...decorating Chase's tree. This is the third time I've done it and it doesn't get easier. It's painful. Just as it was the first year. Maybe not quite that bad. But not any less than it was last year.
It's beautiful. Just as it is every year. But what it honors brings tears to my eyes, pain to my heart and brokenness to my soul. And I can't imagine not having it there.
We are busy. School, sports, story time, shopping, and whatever else we can fit in to our day. I love being in a big city because of the things we get to do. Like the light parade last weekend.
And fun 5k races.
My girls are growing up and the holidays are fun in a whole new way. I'm learning every day about parenting and it never ceases to amaze me that I still don't know it all. Just when I thought it would get easier, it gets harder. Middle school is hard. And now I know that from a student and from a mom perspective and appreciate the latter so much more now that I'm here. Guiding my middle school daughter should be easy but it turns out that some things I don't know the answer to and it is then I must go with my gut....flying by the seat of my pants as usual. She is amazing and so full of thought. Too much thought but at her age, how could she know that. We are both learning right now and I love it. I hope she's learning how to make mistakes and learn from them and then move on...because I've certainly shown her this. One thing I know for sure is she's strong. Stronger than I ever wanted her to be. But her questions.....her questions are so hard sometimes. I hope we can find the answers together...
More pictures and events to come before I close this book out. Hopefully a couple more posts anyway!
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