about my mother. . . love her always

I just wanted to kind of write about what has been going on in my life. This past Sunday my mom became free of cancer as she left this world and went to heaven. I'm glad that she feels better and will always be grateful for that, but this woman has been the rock in my life. . .always. On top of this, today it has been 3 years since my sister past away and I miss her so much as well. The past 3 weeks seems to be a blur as things changed from bad to worse for my mom. I stayed with her till she passed, even after I couldn't let go of her arm it's like I couldn't believe this was real. I felt lucky to be able to go to the hospital and be there with her at this time, she had been raising my sister's son for the past 3 years since my sister passed. Everyday and night I stayed with him trying to hold on to hope that she would come home. The hardest part of all this was watching that 7 year old boy be so scared that his Oma wouldn't return home and tell him we can pray and hope that she would be healed. Elijah has lost so much, he's been through more at 7 then most people have been through in their 50's. My mom asked me to take care of him and always be there and I will do that no matter what. I hope that my mom has passed even half of the strength that she had to me, just half would be enough to get me through. I have no idea at this point what God's plan is and how this will work out, but I know that He is still good and He is still God. I will take the time I need to grieve and then I will find ways to remember her everyday. I want my daughter to always remember her and any kids I have in the future to know about how wonderful she was. I want to thank everyone for all the prayers and phone calls and visits, they have all meant a lot. It's amazing how far her friends traveled to be able to say goodbye to her. She taught me the meaning of friendship and caring for others not just by telling, but by doing. Here is a couple pictures of me and my mom, she was beautiful!!

Happy New Year!!!!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! I'm excited to start a new year and share that I'm bringing weddings back!!! Limited though, I will do 10 a year, so if you're interested get in early! I still want to do weddings, but this limited number will give me time with my family as well. I will start posting my album designs as well, I have one coming soon. Photographers, email me if you need someone to put together your wedding albums!! I am glad to have a fresh start in 2012 and leave 2011 behind - praying and knowing that God has a wonderful year in store for me.

Happy New Year,
Melissa