Bad Blogger

I feel like I've been a horribly bad blogger. I haven't been in the mood and haven't had that much to say. So to catch up on on Team Lua, this is going to be a bullet point post.

• Jack is 5 months old today! How did that happen? I feel like in the blink of an eye we'll be celebrating his first birthday. If I could only figure out how to slow time down.
• We had the memorial service for my grandfather over the weekend. I was not prepared for how hard it was for me. It was a beautiful service, the speakers were elegant and heartfelt and you could tell he was loved. The slideshow I worked endlessly on was perfect and enjoyed by all, if I believe their comments afterwards. For me it was an honor to be able to put it together. I feel like I learned so much about him doing it.
• Sort of on that same topic, I read a poem and said a few words myself. I'm not a big fan of public speaking - I've been told I speak too fast, so it's always something I'm self concious about. But I must have done ok because people kept coming up to me saying how beautiful it was and how they were holding it together until I spoke. I knew what it all meant to me, but I didn't know it would affect others the same way. I've had at least a dozen people ask for a copy of the poem - too bad I can't take credit for writing it. And for the first time, I didn't have butterflies in my stomach going up there. Maybe I've moved past that fear?
• My children are amazing. I know I'm their mother and I'm supposed to feel that way, but they truly are. For the past 6 weeks their lives have been turned upside down, with the amount of time I've spent away at the hospital and the planning, etc. Not to mention the profound sadness that has seemed to sink in everywhere. But they are resilient and didn't even blink an eye. My wise beyond her years daughter Samantha amazed me one morning, when once again I was running out the door to get to the hospital. She looked at me and said "you go be with Papa & Nana. They need you the most right now." Amazing. And the icing on the cake - they were angels on Saturday. They helped set up, they sat quiet and still through the memorial, they greeted everybody who talked to them AND they still managed to sit through a 2 hour dinner. What a wonderful feeling to be complimented on your childrens' behavior by almost everybody who meets them.
• We did manage to do a few things in the past weeks that weren't related to the passing of my grandfather. We went up to see my dad & stepmom and went to Kool April Nights. It was a blast and I'm so glad we went. I just wish it wasn't such a long drive because I'd love to go up more often.
• We also went to the Butter & Eggs Day Parade here in our hometown. It's a staple here and also a high school reunion of sorts. It's amazing the amount of people you run into, who you don't see any other time of year. But I've decided the same things strangly happens at Costco.
• Summer is almost here - one more month of school for the girls and Sam will officially be a kindergartner! I'm not sure if I mentioned it before but we got our transfer request approved, so yay!
• We've been trying to do something fun for the kids - geared around them, since they've been so good. But our free weekends are becoming few & far between. I don't understand how that happens. But we will be taking a day SOON to dedicate to them.

So that's all for now. Hopefully now that life is going back to normal (what's that?) I'll be able to blog more regularly.