Well Blogger ate my first posting~I am supposing some higher power is saying not to write so much...so now it's gonna be the cliff note version. December has been bittersweet. It's the month my grandmother passed away (this year marks the 15th I have been w/o her). And 2 friends of my children were killed in a tragic 1 car accident early in the month. One of the young men (Trent Mann) graduated last year and Pudge Urda was graduating this year. Pudge's mama is my DD homeroom and Math teacher. They had a double funeral service that was held in the school's gym. To say that it was standing room only would be a big understatement. I have spent alot of my Christmas being very thankful for the ability to hug and love on my kiddos esp knowing there are 2 mama's out there with ♥'s aching and families missing these young men.

Both my kids took it hard..my son because he was much closer in age and hung out with them. My DD because she realized that eventhough her brother drove her nuts, she never wanted to lose him.

This video was made by a young lady by the name of Jordan Miller. Pudge is the one you see in the frame. Trent is the slender one.

On a much different note, I am picking my one word for the year~starting the Art Journal Caravan over at Scrapbookgraphics again and getting things sorted to have a fabulous year.

I will come back later and post some holiday photos and get back into gear with Project 365.

Till next time.

Balinda