Tis' the season

Today we finished decorating the house for Christmas. The kids decorated a lot of the tree which means many of the decorations are hung at their eye level. Our tree is adorned with multi-colored bulbs and some garland. The rest consists of homemade and hand-picked ornaments that, in my opinion, give the tree its personality. I have memories of the ornaments from my childhood that we put on the tree and around the house every year. Most were homemade which made them that much more special. We have ornaments from each of the kid's first christmas and from our first as a married couple. The kids seem to really enjoy putting these on the tree and knowing that they have a special meaning.
Tonight we had dinner with friends to celebrate Brian's birthday and their anniversary. Six years ago tonight we were dancing and toasting their new marriage. The next day would be Brian's 32nd birthday. My dad was in a hospital bed and Sydney was barely two years old. Jack was yet to be born. Little did I know, seven days later my dad would be dead. I also never dreamed that six years later I would be doing what I am doing now. How much things can change in six years.

What now?

After years of lurking on other people's blogs I've decided to come out of hiding and do it my damn self. I have no idea what I'm doing but I know I have a lot to say. Life is strange and trying and delightful and I am going to try and document it all here so one day my kids and I can look back and say, "things weren't so bad, were they?".