Since some of you don’t have face book, I wanted to share our latest update here. We have been busy trying to establish new family normals and happy times and accept what our new family structure looks like. Soon after Abby died, a beautiful young photographer, Kayla Gingerich, (http://kaylagingerich.blogspot.com/) wrote me the sweetest email offering to document our new family structure in photos. She is acquainted with grief and all that goes with it as she lost her dad in a tragic hunting accident several years back. A local photographer did the same thing for her family, offering to shoot a some photos of their new normal. She shared with me how special that was for her and how she would like give us that gift if we wanted and when we were ready. At first I was too sad and didn’t know if I wanted to face the reality of having photos with no Abby in them, but as time has gone on, I find a restlessness in my spirit prompting me to feel ok and almost relieved at being “up to date” and being able to showcase that on our mantle. Saturday was the day and as the day went on it almost took my breath away at the sheer beauty. The trees are vibrant, almost on fire and the sky was a beautiful clear blue. We all wore red in honor of Abby, an idea concocted by the children. We also all wore our donate life pins, honoring the fact that we had hoped to gift families with hope (even tho it didn’t happen). We went to a neighboring town and got some amazing shots of the 5 of us. I am so excited to see them all. It wasn’t as difficult as I had imagined and flowed with an almost normal feel. The children cooperated nicely and actually smiled.
