Here we are. December 31, 2012. It's been one heck of a year. Some good. Some bad. But we made it through it all relatively unscathed.
Eric got married to a wonderful woman that we all love. Julie. She has made such a difference in Eric. He is calmer & more at peace than I have ever seen him.
Nicholas met a wonderful woman. Ellie. I'm not sure about everyone else but I think they all agree with me. I love Ellie. She has made the biggest difference in Nicholas' life. He flew to NY to meet her. Alone. Nicholas doesn't like to fly, let alone fly alone, to meet someone he has never met before. And plan on staying there for 3 weeks. Since then he has made a few other trips back & forth between here & NY. He's more confident. Maybe I should just say he's confident. Period. On Christmas Eve he told me that he is moving to NY. Yes, I'm sad. But I'm so happy that he is finally spreading his wings & taking the necessary steps to be on his own. Not that I didn't have faith in him, but I honestly believed that he would be 40 yrs old & still living with Rick.
Michael. Michael was able to come home for Eric's wedding. He stayed with us most of the time. He left here and had to catch a plane to Camp Fuji, Japan 2 days later. Well, it ended up being more than 2 days because of the typhoon in Japan. He really seems to be enjoying his time there. He has Mt Fuji practically out his back door. He just applied for a passport so that he can go to other countries & finally enjoy the benefits of military life. Seeing the world. (and not get shot at).
Daniel. Daniel is a work in progress. I am trying to keep the lines of communication open with him. Sometimes he doesn't make it very easy. I know that he is working & going to school. I'm very proud of him for that. I'm not going to give up. I will have all 4 boys under one roof. One way or another.
Amber. Amber & Tim are getting married on May 7th. I'm very excited & happy that her, Tim & Sammy are going to officially be a family. We will be there.
Mom & Dad. Retirement agrees with both of them. Mom is now 4.5 yrs cancer free! Praise God! We are flying out to visit them in their new mobile home in February. We're both very excited.
I guess for me this has been a bittersweet year. Michael & Amber turned 30. Eric got married. Daniel seems to be getting his life straightened out. Nicholas turned 21 and is turning into an independent young man. That's a lot of emotion for 1 Mom. I made it through. Lots of tears were shed. But I made it through stronger than ever.
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
