Please keep Betty Moore, Hunter's grandmother "Mommo" in your prayers. She had a very severe last week and is in hospice as she "transitions" from this life to her next.
When I heard this news, I had a few realizations besides being so very sad!!!
Poeple say that you don't "marry the family" but I have to disagree. Even though divorce happens, it's still Hunter's grandmother!!! Mommo has been in my life for 26 years and although I haven't seen her in 7 or 8 years, I will miss her phone calls, cards and letters!
Thank goodness for facebook!!!! We have all heard about people finding out things on Facebook and this is how I found out about Mommo!!! Cindy was married to Clark's brother. Cindy put a message on facebook asking for prayers, when I responded she called me to give me the details.
Hunter originally went to Nashville for a week but we extended his visit and he ended up staying 3 weeks. Looking back, I think God planned it so Hunter could see Mommo healthy and well one last time the Sunday before her stroke.
Just a few weeks earlier when attending Hunter's first visitation, I remember telling Hunter as we walked out the door "it's a bit easier when it's not someone you love"!!!! I never dreamed those words would haunt me so quickly. We still have to get through the memorial service but at least I will be there to hold Hunter's hand if he needs it.
I am so grateful, that she was a part of our lives and although we are sad, we are happy that she will be meeting up with all of her other loved ones.
A legacy lives on through us,
Goodbyes are not forever.
Goodbyes are not the end.
They simply mean I'll miss you
Until we meet again!
~Author Unknown
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Summer
Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Things have been super crazy around here. The days just seem to fly by, in fact some days I could use more hours in the day. I still love my job but I am not sure what is going to happen next year when we move downtown. It will probably be a 2 hour drive each way!!! Waiting to see what type of job James gets and how we are going to work getting Hunter to school.
Hunter is now finished with school. He passed 8th grade and all areas of the CRCT. We are so happy about all of these events. Hunter is happy since we owe him $100 for his success on the CRCT. $100 is a good motivator to have him "read" the test instead of making patterns out of the dots just so he can get done to read his book!!!! Yes, this happened a couple of years ago!!! Hunter will be a freshman in high school next year!!! He is growing up so fast!!!
We have no big plans for the summer. Vacation this year will be just hanging out at home. We are not happy about missing the beach but hoping to get there for at least a weekend. Even though today is June 1st we have already had 2 weeks of 90 degree weather!! It's so hot right now, July and August are going to be unbearable. Even the dogs don't want to go outside. Both dogs have air vents that they lay on or in front of!!!
Hunter is leaving this Friday to go to Nashville to visit his Dad and family for 10 days and then again the week of July 4th. With James not working right now, the boys hope to hang out in the afternoon's at Lake Lanier Water Park, see some movies and they have found an airsoft place up the street from our house. Airsoft is a cross between paint ball and a bee-bee gun and you shoot each other. Not my kind of game but Hunter loves playing!! The upside to James job hunting is he most likely won't have this chance again to spend part of a summer with Hunter. James is good at finding things to do and it should make for some good memories.
I guess that catches you up on what we are doing right now. I hope you are starting to enjoy your summer!!! If anyone wants to come visit, just let us know. Atlanta has some fun things to do!!! :) Let me know how you are all doing and your plans for the summer.
Hunter is now finished with school. He passed 8th grade and all areas of the CRCT. We are so happy about all of these events. Hunter is happy since we owe him $100 for his success on the CRCT. $100 is a good motivator to have him "read" the test instead of making patterns out of the dots just so he can get done to read his book!!!! Yes, this happened a couple of years ago!!! Hunter will be a freshman in high school next year!!! He is growing up so fast!!!
We have no big plans for the summer. Vacation this year will be just hanging out at home. We are not happy about missing the beach but hoping to get there for at least a weekend. Even though today is June 1st we have already had 2 weeks of 90 degree weather!! It's so hot right now, July and August are going to be unbearable. Even the dogs don't want to go outside. Both dogs have air vents that they lay on or in front of!!!
Hunter is leaving this Friday to go to Nashville to visit his Dad and family for 10 days and then again the week of July 4th. With James not working right now, the boys hope to hang out in the afternoon's at Lake Lanier Water Park, see some movies and they have found an airsoft place up the street from our house. Airsoft is a cross between paint ball and a bee-bee gun and you shoot each other. Not my kind of game but Hunter loves playing!! The upside to James job hunting is he most likely won't have this chance again to spend part of a summer with Hunter. James is good at finding things to do and it should make for some good memories.
I guess that catches you up on what we are doing right now. I hope you are starting to enjoy your summer!!! If anyone wants to come visit, just let us know. Atlanta has some fun things to do!!! :) Let me know how you are all doing and your plans for the summer.
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