A Day to Remember

We had a good Christmas. Keeping busy is a wonderful remedy to thinking. Jesi and AJ came over on Tuesday for Christmas celebration. Jesi wanted she and AJ not to have to make the multiple stops on Christmas day this year so we all got more time together even if it wasn't on Christmas day. On Christmas eve we went to Steve's sister Janet's after mass at the cathedral. Jan out did himself on a fabulous dinner. Judy and Chris came over with their whole family for dessert. It was fun to enjoy all of the families together. Having our Jessica home has been a blessing. She is so full of life and so much fun. She and Mike have insured that we followed some of the longstanding traditions and they lived with the changes that I made. That isn't to say there haven't been a few tears but we expected that.

And today is John's birthday. He would be 28. He should be 28. I still hate melanoma. I didn't know what to write today so I went back into the archives of this blog to read what I wrote last year. I read all of the posts from December. We lived in the moment last year and I guess that is what we still need to do this year. We have to live our lives through the good times and the bad times. We have to enjoy what we have have and not long for what we don't have. We have to believe that John is with us and he knows a greater joy. And that his wish for us would be to live a good life....and enjoy Ohio State football! So we will!

Enjoy some of the pictures from our Christmas and know that we have felt the love and support of our family and friends this year. Merry Christmas. Happy Birthday John.