Within these Halls: thankful

when i was young, i had a few close girlfriends, but not many....the ones that i did have are still my very close friends and know everything about me. when i got to college, i found a group of girls who i can honestly say are my sisters. they know me inside and out, back and forth, up and down, you name it. when i moved to new york, i made some amazing girlfriends from all walks of life, and conicidently all through work. when i moved home to charlotte, i was scared. scared of seeing people that i knew back in the day, scared of not finding our "niche". well damn, such is life, i shouldn't have been the least bit scared.

we have made the most wonderful friends moving back home after leaving 10 years ago. through lawton, through friends of friends, through the Y, reconnecting with people that i grew up with, meeting so so many new friends. friends that bring me dinner when lawton is sick, friends that text and call constantly, friends that go out of their way to bring me candy (my fav!)when i am not feeling well. friends that offer advise, that offer to take lawton, their ear, their shoulder, even the shirt off their back.

we are blessed.

thank you ALL, you know who you are - for getting me through this week. thank you for taking the time to write me after reading my blog, for talking to others and just hearing about what is going on in our life right now and reaching out. i know you are all busy and have other things going on in your own lives, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. thank you for hooking me up with numbers of your friends that have gone through something similar with their child. i will call each and every one of them. thank you for telling me that i am strong when i feel at my weakest. thank you for reiterating that it will be okay. i have YOU.

i promise to write each and every one of you back. i promise to call you back as well.

i am getting there. jack and i saw some friends last night and i held it together. that is not to say that i didn't that morning when i saw another friend that God put me in front of at that very second for a reason. He is really working in funny ways for me lately ;)

but you know what? Wyatt is going to be FINE!!!! I am in good hands and so is he.

thank you for loving our family. i will never, ever forget you reaching your arms out to us. never.

i have some pictures from last weekend that i haven't posted yet. last sunday we celebrated my dad's birthday....it was such a great time and i loved having them over to cook out at our house for once. AND, i made my first cake!