

It doesn't get much better than about 5 inches of good sledding snow in Tennessee. A rare thing indeed! It has given us a 4 day weekend to enjoy the cold, the snow, and some yummy Hot Chocolate with friends! Yesterday we ventured onto our neighbors property (with permission of course) to find the perfect hill for the little ones, plus some added dangers for the bigger kids in the group! Needless to say it was a joyous time...Sunny but Cold....I only wish it would stay awhile. Ruthy, Will's girlfriend got snowed in with us so we had to pleasure of having her with us until after the sledding adventure yesterday! Caleb and Julia were able to make it over on the slick back roads, and Danny got to use his 4 wheel drive for the first time ever as he and Melissa made it out to our little adventure! Our little Maria used to say ALL the time:
"I LOVE IT WHEN MY WHOLE FAMILY IS TOGETHER"
Without Emily and Tanner who are still studying in Belfast, and of course without that little infectious nugget of a girl who knew how to laugh at all things, while snot and slobber dripped out of every open spot on her face....She must have known in her short time here on Earth the importance of that statement. "I LOVE IT WHEN OUR WHOLE FAMILY IS TOGETHER." I would venture to say that statement isn't just in the physical sense, but on the emotional and spiritual sense as well. I must admit....That since May 21, 2008.... "OUR WHOLE FAMILY BEING TOGETHER" has been a challenge of the greatest proportions. I'm here to say that this journey is just plain hard. But what do we do? As I tell the little girls..... "We can do hard".... Don't get me wrong... Just like the silence you hear (or don't) in a woods full of snow.. the insulation it brings from the snow covering everything..... That's what I feel like I hear on most days..... NOTHING! But again, until I die or Jesus comes back.... "We can do hard"....and even when we feel our God is being silent in the pain.... that is where the truest sense of Faith must come in to play. It is very hard friends.... But again.... I have hope in how the story ends. I can't wait for the day when I can hear the giggle of that little girl as we lay in the best snow ever and make snow angels like she used to love to do. In the mean time...Please continue to lift us up as we come to mind. I love all of you and consider it a great honor to share my thoughts with you. Here's to Faith, Trust, and Hope...
HUGS,
Mary Beth
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