As I reflect back on this year... It was a year I spent home..a break from school. (Mostly) During that time, I watched my mom battle and fight back colon cancer like a champ. She endured the chemo like a line backer taking hits in a NFL game. I saw how weak I really was in trying to hold up a strong and determined front for my mother as I watched her fight. I bore witness to how strong my older sister Karen was and how I leaned on her for support in order to help our mom. I know how hard it must have been on my sister Lisa not being able to be there in person, but I know she talked non stop with mom. I love both my sisters so very much. Thank you Karen and Lisa for your protection when I was a kid, for your love as my sisters and for the friends that we are. It is the third Christmas without our Dad and although the sting of his passing has grown less, we still in our own way know he isnt here in person, but we believe he is with us always. This year my mother in law Dorothy Homan, returned from California from a double knee replacement operation. To see her move around easier is really a gift in and of itself. I may be an odd one, but I do love my mother in law. I grew closer to my wife Lisa McCrary Luerding, she is the most kindest woman I know. Every loving family can not survive without a good mother and wife. She truly is the love of my heart. We promised to endure the bad we encounter be it finances, disagreements or just ordinary stumbling blocks, we always find a way... and we continue to do so together. Any relationship worth its weight in salt, is always worth the effort and so to as we pass another year, our salt bag just added another pound of weight. :) I watched our son Elijah grow taller, smarter, kinder, and more responsible. I watched our daughter Savannah grow in spirit, mind and into a beautiful young lady. Her maturity continues to progress, (Slowly lol), but I never stop marveling over the kindness she has in heart and soul. I love my family and as always we have not agreed on many things and there are days when we just dont agree on anything... even the color of grass, but I dare anyone try to get between us, because we are part Irish, German, Cuban, Scottish, and a bit of pissed off Native American. At the end of this year, we come together as a family, To hold one another, to remind ourselves that we are here for a short time on Gods Earth and we should take the time to appreciate one another. We come together as family and a family...a strong loving family we will always be. I love you Lisa McCrary Luerding, Elijah, Gregory, Svannah, Denna.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:46:41 +0000
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