01/01/2026
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I’m sorry I have not posted the last few weeks. I moved back to town for the upcoming tax season, changed the boys old room into a home office and to top off my husband and I ended up with the crud going around.
I can’t say that Christmas was one of my favorite holidays but I did look forward to having all my guys home (this includes Thanksgiving). I have always been the happiest when they are all right here. Last year was our first years with out our Jay, we couldn’t get into the swing of things, we didn’t even decorate, didn’t play music or even watch Christmas movies. I did do a little baking but not near what I normally did. It was so horribly glum, I cried off and on all day and just wanted to stay home, wanted to stay in my pajamas and didn’t want to see anybody . This year I decided that I was going to work hard on moving on…starting a new normal with out Jay. I decorated a tree, played music and watched movies. I still didn’t do the normal amount of baking but I did do it while I played Christmas music like before. It was seemingly a little better than last year. On the Sunday before Christmas a friend of ours lost their son (he was a grade below Jay) in a car accident, that just turned our Christmas on our heads, all we could think about was the first few days/weeks after Jay died. The loss, numbness and then also going through the first Christmas without Jay. Now the family would be doing it all at once. We also lost our grandson in August (on my birthday to be exact)and his family was going through their first Christmas without him. It is a lot for me to process and so now I’m a little behind. Now that the crud has worked its way out and I feel somewhat human again I will continue on with the nutrition in the group posts with carb next.
I sure hope this next year brings lots of joy to help you through the bad. One thought…if you didn’t have the pain you wouldn’t know what the joy was… unfortunately you have to have one to have the other.
If you have any other ideas or questions to talk about let me know.
HAPPY 2026 to each and every one of you!
