A quick weekend update
Just a quick update to let you all know that things are still going great over here! Bryan and I had a wonderful weekend filled with great memories! I'll be sure to post lots more details when I can post pictures as well. He got some really great shots this weekend and I want to be sure to share every detail with you all. Though I was sad to see him go yesterday morning, I am incredibly thankful for the great weekend we had here! I couldn't have asked for a more special time together - it was truly perfect. I hope to get pics up sometime later this week if the hubby can edit them that quickly. :) Hint. Hint.
As many of you know this Easter was five years since my dad passed away. At breakfast on Saturday morning I couldn't help but think of something my dad said to me about a year before he passed away. We were in Chattanooga on a little family trip as the doctor's had told us he may not have much time to travel. My dad and I were sitting outside of a restaurant while my mom went in to put our name down. It was rare for my dad to be direct about his illness, but for some reason he felt he had to tell me his feelings at that moment. He said to me to be sure to look after my mom if he passed away. He then said to me that he knew I'd be fine, but that she wouldn't handle it well. To be honest, I was a little offended. How could he say I'd be okay?? Of course I wouldn't be okay if my dad wasn't around. What a ridiculous thing to say! Sitting at breakfast on Saturday monring, with five years of life without my dad behind me, I suddenly understood exactly what he meant. It wasn't that I would be unaffected by his absence - that's not what he was implying. He was meaning that I had so many wonderful things ahead of me in my life. He knew that my mom would never be okay - which he was definitely right about - she never got over losing him. However, he knew that though I would be forever changed, I had a faith that was strong and allowed me to see the good in situations, I had a man that loved me who I was going to marry (even though we weren't engaged at the time), I had an amazing career ahead of me, many adventrues, and lots of love from those around me. He knew those things would sustain me. It may have taken me five years to realize it, but he wasn't offending me, he was complimenting me- in the way only a father can.
