Our Home Is Decked With Love and Care In Hopes That St. Nic Soon Will Be Here...
the same santa that my dad grew up with as a boy on this same porch. the same santa that i saw every year when i came over to my grandparents home during the christmas holidays. and now, the same santa that i love to bring up from the basement to put out on my very own porch. it will always remind me of my grandma and grandpa terry. this above all of my christmas treasures, is the very most favorite and cherished. it's a terry family tradition that goes back 3 generations and to me? that's the most important christmas item that one day i hope to hand down myself. my favorite santa treasure... my favorite of favorites... ...and the year 2000 of when it all began. our first christmas together as newlyweds and our first official christmas decor. it finally, after years of staying in the box, has once again been taken out and we couldn't be happier. really :)
i suddenly realized that for those who are new to our blog or who don't personally know us, you don't know our "story". in 8/2001, my husband and i were in an auto accident which left me paralyzed from the waist down. a sad incident but an answer to a prayer and the lesson that i needed to get me back to who i really was, back to what we really wanted out of life, and to mold me into who i want to become. to add to the chaos, they also discovered that i was pregnant with our daughter. she was born at 28 wks, weighing 1 lb 12 oz. and was the miracle that we needed to glue our family together. we can't imagine things piecing together any other way. so that's the "story" and where we're currently at in this journey of life towards the greater picture, never taking blessings for granted and by learning day by day as we go along. when asked if i'd ever take back that awful day which changed our lives forever, i simply replied "no. i wouldn't. i've learned so much and we live a great life" and i meant it 100%! this is the challenge that i, that our family, has been given and we're going to continually hit this head on. NEVER GIVING UP and remembering that things happen for a reason, even if we don't understand what that reason may be. "it's all mental and it's all in your attitude" this is a family blog. it's my venting blog. it's my rambling on blog. it's our fun blog. it's our life blog. enjoy!
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