Thank you to those who have read along and encouraged me too. This was a personal mission I started and am pleased to say that I have finished! There are so many stories that have gone into making our family and God has done so many things. The most important thing I can do is tell what God has done.
Today is October 31. What does that mean to you? For us it is Nana's birthday! It has been a fun tradition to celebrate her birthday every year by dressing up in costume and handing out candy to "spookies" (as Claire named them when she was very little and it has stuck).
It is also a fun time to remember the creative and fun stages our girls have been through.
You see Miss Alex was on "homebound" (that's doctor code for complete isolation from everyone so you don't get H1N1) for 10 weeks. The few occasions she went anywhere or was around anyone she had to wear a mask. We didn't want to miss out on our October 31 traditions so we got creative. We figured out how to paint one of the masks and make it look like a duck bill. Claire joined the fun and the rest just sort of happened. That was a FUN night. Family and friends "trick or treated" by and she got her love tanks nicely filled up (she didn't even break rules, she just wore her costume AND got LOTS of hugs in the process). I remember the girls doing the Chicken Dance with Nana and there was a lot of giggling going on. Apparently it is fun to be a duck!
What I love about this is it represents our approach to our "normal" life. It may seem hard. It may call for sad days and disappointments but God made us creative. We have learned to take the detours of our journey and turn them into amazing moments that this mom treasures in her heart.
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