Reflecting on 2010

Well 2010 was a year of ups and downs. Unfortunately, back in May I lost my mom - very sad, but I know she is finally at peace and there's no more suffering - she will forever be missed. I find myself thinking of her a lot these days and pray she is looking over me, George and the kids. Gracie turned 6 and started 1st grade, Jacob turned 9 and started 4th grade and Lil' G turned 18 and in June and he graduated high school and was moving on to the next chapter in his life (COLLEGE). Gracie stared Daisys this year and Jacob moved up to a yellow belt in karate. My dad was able to attend Lil' G's high school graduation which was a blessing. In July me and the two little ones went down to NC to spend a week with my dad and let me tell you...he spoiled them rotten - it was a great vacation and it gave me a chance to see how my dad was coping with my mother's death. I am proud to say he is doing great and moving on with his life and I am extremely happy for him - I think he is at peace with my mom's death and is trying to build a new life for himself. I had the privilege of visiting a few colleges with Georgie. After some thinking he decided on going to West Chester University (near Philadelphia, PA). While I was very happy for him I was also very sad that my baby boy was leaving home and moving on with his life and the day we dropped him off at college and I left him behind will be a day I will never forget for I sobbed the entire roadtrip home and still find myself crying from time to time at the thought of him gone and on his own. He has brought our family so much happiness and it truly is an honor to call him my son - we are very blessed with three great kids and I will never take that for granted. My dad also was able to make it up to spend Christmas with us and you can just imagine how excited we all were that he was coming to spend the holiday with us. Adam, Missy and the kids came down to spend the New Year with us and it was a really nice visit - we have a great family - life is good! Oh...after becoming a member of this wonderful thing called FACEBOOK I was able to find family and friends I have not seen or heard from in many many years and thanks to Facebook I got to meet up with my Aunt Lenora who I have not seen in over 20 years and she got to meet my husband. Like I said, life is good - I am a very blessed woman.