Thanksgiving in Quincy

Well, Kim, Jill, Jacob, Curtis and I traveled to Quincy, IL for a week to visit Kim's mom, sister and family. It was a wonderful week but we sure wish we could do more for Kim's mom. She lives with Kim's brother and he lives one life and she lives another. They really never talk or do anything together. Sad existence! Jill and I did all her Christmas shopping while Kim and Jacob did little things around the house to make Martha's life a little easier. Sad that Kim's brother doesn't seem to mind the dirty dishes and smell of the dog in the house. Poor Martha is legally blind so she can't see the dirt but we sure could! I'm enclosing some good time pictures while we were there.....we stayed in the Fairfield with an indoor pool so we even got to do some swimming. Curtis was a wonderful little traveler. He was SO GOOD! I got to have him on my lap for the final flight home and he was so inquisitive......FUN!

Boring Wednesday

Ah....hump day and it's a nice quiet day. Tomorrow will be crazy....Thanksgiving luncheon at work, adoration and then Lady's Quild at church. I'm still spending about 30-45 minutes every day trying to scan mom's old pictures. It's a very therapeutic event. I'm going to miss it when we go to Quincy next week.

Sweet Curt has croup. Poor, Jill! He's on steroids and acting like a crazy man.......hope he gets back to normal quickly for her.......oh, and him, of course! :)

Gonna miss my little Bug when we go next week.......hope we get to baby-sit again on Sunday. That way I'll have my squeezes caught up til we get back.

Hugs to all.....ME

I'm done!!!

Well, check it out! It's only 4 months late but I finished Kaylee's quilt. This was definitely the hardest quilt I've ever quilted. The piecing was easy but when it came time to do the quilting I wanted to try something new....well, freehand was not a good thing!!!! I think I'll stick to stipple or let someone else do it from now on. I am so glad to be able to start on something new!!! I wouldn't allow myself to start anything until I finished this so I'm REALLY glad to get it done.

A day at a time

Week by week, day by day, minute by minute we go through life........some days are hard, some days are easier, none are easy. I know that the veil of grief will lift in time but it's a dark curtain right now. I pray daily that He will give me the strength to keep up a strong front in public. I really feel sorry for Kim though. He takes the full force of my pain daily. My friend, Laura, lost her mom just a few months ago. It's amazing how we can e-mail or talk and both feel better. Sharing.......

I normally go to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on Thursday nights but tonight it was cancelled. I write a journal of blessings each week....kinda like my prayer journal....so...this week my blog gets to see it.

Thankful for the family God has given me in this marriage.
Thankful for the faith to know that He will see me through this.
Thankful for my father....he is SUCH a man of God!
Thankful for the friends that God has placed in my path to help me on this journey.
Thankful for the mom He graced with me.

I am truly blessed!

I am truly blessed

This is a picture of the entire Bos family.....aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters and dad......

We are all home again. It was a very long and stressful two weeks. Mom is dancing with our Lord today but we are all still learning to cope with our loss. Dad is amazing. He has been so strong and stands in the faith that they will be reunited one day. He continues to remind us all what a blessing mom was in his life and ours. He is truly a man of God. I was truly blessed to grow up with parents that were such wonderful examples of Christ's love.

Of course, my entire family is not quite so "heavenly". It was difficult watching my sister turn her back on me each time I entered a room. However, hearing dad tell me how proud he was of my behavior let me know that I had his support. I made a conscious decision to forgive her for the pain she has caused me and my family. I will continue to pray that God will lighten her heart and allow his love to work forgiveness through her.

Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support. I have learned that there are many wonderful people in this world. Airport lines, security lines, stewardesses, travel agents, taxi drivers.....they all worked together to help me get through this.

Lastly, I have to say how blessed I was that Dad asked Royal Caribbean if I could cruise with him. I have learned to love and respect my dad even more through those three days. They were filled with tears, laughter and many long nights of talking. I am truly blessed.