Everyone is settling back into a routine, and for most of us, very little of our day to day life will change. My sister lived 2 hours away so I didn’t see her and the kids as often as I wanted. It’s been the worst week of my life, but I have to get back to MY life. My sister and her oldest son are staying with another sister and for now we just hold our breath that nothing else goes wrong. It’s heartbreaking and sad that I can just hop back on here and pick up where I left off. Wherever that might be.
Funerals are so depressing and horrible, but they seem to bring families together. If only for a day or two. We managed to get this picture of all the family that made and was still there. I would say this is about 75%? It’s missing my oldest brother and his family. He had already left and his kids are grown, married and had to work. Apparently some people aren’t allowed to take off for their cousin’s funeral. Whatever. I don’t know their financial struggles. I shouldn’t judge.My brother Johnny and his family live in Cali and had no means to get here. They skyped in, it was driving them crazy to miss it. I know we are missing more people from the picture but anyways, they all lived out of state. So here you have a portion of my immediate family (siblings/spouses and nieces/nephews – mom and step dad are somewhere in there .. step mom had already left)
Family
Things have been relatively calm at my house since Wednesday. The boys have all been amazing and wonderfully behaved. I’m trying to just “be”. Partly because I’m just too tired and drained in so many ways to even care. I’m grateful that next week is Spring break. I will be cherishing the time with Will, times like this you don’t want your kids out of your sight. It makes you go a little crazy.
The past two days Lucas has pretended like our house is different stores and places. My bedroom is Wal-Mart, the kitchen is his house. The Family room is the garage and his bedroom is HEB (grocery store) and the breakfast nook is Target. It’s absolutely priceless and adorable.
Have any of you seen the sign “Please ignore the mess, my kids are busy making memories” ? I’ve been wanting it. Now I know I need it. I must have it.
That’s an awesome saying. More parents need that instead of worrying about how messy it is. I know I need it as a grandparent. Thank you for that and so very sorry for your loss.
You have been in my thoughts and I’m glad you are finally able to just be.
And when you find that sign? Let me know where. I need one of those. Badly.
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