New Years 2010:Three Things...
Sam my oldest, has moved off to college. Not across the country or anything - after all, she can be home or we can be at school in under an hour. But she's, like, all-growed up! And I was sitting on (no honestly - lying on) the couch last night with the Christmas tree lighted up and the rest of the house dark. It's one of those things I do EVERY Christmas at least once. And as I lay there last night, my eyes landed on an ornament* on the tree. See, this year I decided ornaments only. I didn't add those shiny red balls, or the shiny silver ones, just our ornaments. And I liked it. (Some day I'll blog the "Evolution of Our Christmas Tree". I think it's a story of it's own.) But I digress... My eyes fixed upon an adorable little teddy bear hugging a Christmas Candy Cane - Baby's 1st Christmas '91. And it hits me once again, that after 18, no 19, years, my oldest is out there IN the world. And this year - 2010 - Alex, my youngest will leave our ...