SPRING IS ALMOST COMPLETELY HERE TO STAY IN VIRGINIA!  Well, I hope that is the case.  Taking your sweet puppy to pee every hour is a lot better when it’s not freezing outside.  I can’t believe it’s already March.  Cody will have lived here a year in April and I’m amazed at how quickly time has flown by.  T-minus two years until the Texas boy is back in Texas!!  Funny story, the other night Cody looked at me and said, “Would you be upset if I told you I wanted to move somewhere else instead of home after I get out of the Navy?” and in my mind I was like WHAT, CRAP, NO, WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM?! 

Last week was a complete whirlwind.  It felt surreal and now that we are back in Virginia it feels even more surreal than it did when the news was fresh on our minds.  Cody lost two grandfathers within a few days time.  When we found out about Pops, I could really relate to how Cody would feel and what he would go through.  I lost my Poppie unexpectedly when he was only 60 years old by almost the same health problems.  I can only describe the feeling as someone slapping you across the face and looking at you then saying “sorry, not sorry”.  I mean we weren’t that worried about Pops’ surgery and we pretty much knew he would make it through it just fine.  Unfortunately, we were wrong.  Really, really wrong…

We know that plans are made to be broken. We know that we are never fully in control. We know that the big man upstairs is writing our story long before it is ever played out.  That is where I am in life right now. I’ll jump right into it… I’m moving home. You read that right. I have to leave my two boys in Virginia and come home for school. When I moved, I overlooked…

Last week I shared a video I made of my hometown and the surrounding small towns in the county. I made that video for me, myself, and I. It was just something I wanted to do, so I did it knowing I could re-watch it over and over if I was ever missing home. I almost decided not to share it on any type of platform. No YouTube, no Facebook, nothing. I didn’t think it was good…