Mid-year Crisis

You actually get two letters in two days for once in over a year!! It's pretty amazing! This is something that has been on my heart for a while but I just hadn't had time to put into words. While discussing with Bryan why summer was so difficult for me this year, Bryan made a point that I had not really connected. To summarize, "Summers will be hard for a very long time because they hold the beginning and end to 3 important life events: your dad's birthday, wedding anniversary, and death." We start the summer by mourning your loss here on Earth, then comes your anniversary with mom which is no more, and lastly have to endure celebrating your earthly birthday without you here. Can you say depressing?!?! Summer should be a fun time of family vacations, swim parties, and having time off from the craziness of life...yet vacations have an empty spot, swim parties are a little less fun, and taking time off just doesn't seem appealing because it means actually thinking about the events of this last year. I know eventually we can return to some of our former summer fun and follies but this summer just wasn't "summery". So with that...I happily say good bye to Summer and hello to Fall! We started school today, ballet started, and the weather is...well it's AZ so it's still really hot! But in theory summer is over and we can move on to a new season and ask God to yet again give us the grace to walk through another Holiday Season without you here!
I love you and I miss you much!
Your Favorite Second Born,
Carley

From Life's First Cry

 To Final Breathe

And to end on a lighter note...the kids first day of school picture! Hello Fall!