Tis the Season

This will be a very short and sweet blog. I was just listening to Nat King Cole's "Christmas Song", which puts me in the Christmas mood. A lot goes on this time of year for me, and each years it is a little different. December 15th, will be mine and Adam's 6 year anniversary, and we are having our engagement party the night before. The first Christmas Adam and I spent together, only ten days after dating, was very nice. And for some reason, I just realized that the first Christmas Adam and I enjoyed together, was the last Christmas I would have with all of my family members, just as I've always had Christmas my entire life. Mimi passed away on mine and Adam's one year anniversary, which was very difficult. The following year, my paternal grandfather passed away December 11, four days before our two year anniversary. And this year, Papa is gone. Never take for granted what you seem to value as tradition. It's not the act of going to the same house every Christmas...it's being able to have those same people around you every year.
In the 6 years that Adam and I have dated, gotten engaged, and started planning the wedding we have lost quite a few people.
Mimi, Papa, Pawpaw, Adam's Grandmother, Joe, Kurt
They will all be missed this Christmas.