Well, its safe to say we have been MIA for a season or two...my fault. So much happens and so many opportunities to write pass me by. I've finally decided to take in my husbands pleas of writing once again. No promises on if the habit sticks, but I'll try.
First things first...Too much to back track o I'll just start with our summer - here and now. Its been a doozie.
Brett's father, Thomas Sorensen, passed away in June. It was hard. One of the greatest men I knew and loved. He made my husband the man he was - strong, caring, hardworking, concerned for others,..sometimes stubborn...a great Father - All of those traits from his wonderful Father and Mother. He had pancreatic cancer and survived for almost 4 yrs. Which is unheard of, but Tom wasn't going to let anything beat him. Even until the very end, he fought and fought trying to beat it. I never saw him complain any in those 4 years. We were far apart in miles, us here in NOLA and he in Utah, but never did I hear a worry about it. we knew things were getting bad at the end of May and hurried to make a quick trip out there to see him....all 6 of us. It was so wonderful and the Lord had such a definite hand in every detail. Plane tickets just the right price and just the right time, all of his brothers and sister happening to be off the same weekends, his strength he had for all of us to be there, his good health that day to take family pictures when the only day it would work out to get everyone in, and also, his sudden decline as soon as everyone left. Like the Lord knew, and Tom even maybe, knew this would be it. I'm so glad my children were there to see him. I'm so glad my husband got to say goodbye. Tom died six days later. Brett and I flew back for the funeral and left the kids in Texas with my family. It was beautiful to be there and feel the peace and love that a true knowledge of the gospel and a glimpse of it's power in our lives. I'm so glad the Lord knew everything that needed to happen when it happened. We know its never the end, just a "see you later" - a gift of an eternal family. We love you Dad and we'll see you again. Always in our thoughts and forever in our hearts. Thank you for you.
Now we are home and trying to return to some normality. Summer brings care free schedules and a little bit of insanity to everything. All 4 kids at home all day long reminds me a lot of my bad parent habits. So, there will be venting, there will be smiles, there will be arguing and there will be laughing - a lot of those things in the same day over and over again and again. But hey, that's life right now and you can either learn to swim or you can drown. Lets hope i take a big breath....
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