January 2019

It was a hard kick off to 2019.  Our first family photo was at my Moms funeral.   

I spent New Year’s Eve watching the sunset with my Dad and spent New Year’s Day making arrangements to celebrate my Moms memory.    Family and friends were coming into town and I was trying to figure out my new normal.   

Desciak Family

My Moms favorite day of the week since starting dialysis was Sunday.   Fitting that she died on her favorite day.   She loved Sundays because it was the only two days in a row that she did not have dialysis.   My Dad made blueberry pancakes every Sunday morning…   We continue the tradition.

Once back at our temp housing, I got the kids off on their school schedule and Bella and I are starting to pack up our things to move into our house in February. I feel like life is a blur.

Can you tell what a huge help she is?

Garrett is starting off his application process early in the season at Publix. These jobs are pretty competitive. He will have to find the confidence to check in with the manager every few weeks. Still cannot believe that I have two kids old enough to work!

Love our evenings at the beach… and getting back on our beach routine.

I am so lucky to have the partner that I do…

And the solid gold team that I am on!

Happy 2019

Heaviest of Heart - My Amazing Mom

There is absolutely nothing that prepares you ever to say goodbye to your Mom.  The pain in your heart is debilitating.  For those that knew her, she was the perfect combination of strict, fun, loyal and truly the best listener and advice giver.  I talked to my Mom pretty much every day.   She was truly my rock.  

When I struggled to become a mother, she stood by my side and supported all of our crazy attempts to become parents.   She never even flinched when I told her that we were adopting from Russia.   She worried about us traveling, but knew that nothing was going to stop us from bring our family home.  

My parents were at the airport all three times we landed and our children became US citizens.   

I miss her every single day…  Everyone deserves to have the kind of love I had from my Mom.  

December 30, 2018

One more angel in the shape of my mom has her wings spread wide and is flying high - pain free and unencumbered in heaven today. It is hard to put into words how heavy my heart is in writing this. She was the foundation of my days. We talked daily and people often commented that when they saw me out running, I was always laughing and talking on the phone -- it was always to her. Even when she wasn't feeling the best the past few months she ALWAYS picked up. 

We are grateful to have 79 wonderful years with her but truly nothing prepares you for letting go. Fly high Mom... we miss you so so so much!! You will live on in us forever!

We had a beautiful memorial for my Mom and the church was packed.   She would have felt so amazing.  Her best friends showed up from all over and it was so wonderful to be around people that cared so much for her.   The day after the memorial, we decided to head to the beach for sunset.   It was by far the best way for our family to wrap up our weekend.   It gave us a some time to process, reminisce and to be together as a family.   

My Dad was quiet…  

He lost his High School sweet heart.  

Married 47 years! 

It was pretty cool at the beach - we warmed up at a fire pit off the beach and spent the evening sharing amazing memories… 

We will always have our angel looking over us all!  

December 30, 2018

December 2018...

My sisters first visit to our new temp pad in Florida…  We are out for the night with cutest Uber driver ever!   

We took a short road trip to the West side of the state to surprise my Mom for her birthday.   We brought the grand pups with us.   

The rain isn’t going to stop us from cheering on our New England Pats!    

Final score a bit of a bummer thought…. Miami stole it from us at the very end.  

It was a great game!

We are living in temporary housing about a mile from our new house being built.  It is so fun watching it get built and planning for our next round of adventures in Parkland, Florida.   

Love being back in the sun!!

My Dad has gotten so much better cooking…   Christmas cooking

Christmas crack for the holidays! 

This year we took our crew to the Keys to celebrate Christmas.   The kids have been working hard at getting SCUBA certified and will do their check out dives in the Keys while there. 

Ayden here testing out her mask in the pool.   

Enjoying a Christmas Eve out in Key west! 

Love my crew!

Meanwhile back at the condo… Bella was not disappointed we were going out.   Peace and quiet with her bone.  

The visibility was not the best but we all had two full days of diving and the kids were able to get their certification.   

It will be a lot of fun taking them our adventures now…   

Can’t say we had as much luck breaking out of the escape room though...  but it was the perfect way to celebrate Christmas.   

Great way to wrap up 2018 and kick off 2019 in our new home