It has been a long 10 months..... blogging has taken a back seat.  After the loss of someone special, I'm jumping back into my blog as a bit of therapy...  Trying to remember beautiful memories and creating pieces that reflect my time with this amazing woman.

Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year (sounds like I could break into a song), where all my family comes together to spend a few special days together.  We share bad stories that become more elaborate each year.  Cook way too much good food, resulting in a week long food coma.  My daughter was born on Christmas day; we always have an additional party for her, so we end up having parties just about every day over the Christmas week.  Not a bad time of the year.

I'm a little worried how we'll cope this year.  After a long battle with cancer my Mother-In-Law, a second Mum to me, lost her fight against this horrid illness.  We have no regrets.  We got to spend so much extra time with her this year, making sure that any time off, including holidays we spent with her.  Even fitting in a camping trip to one of her favorite spots.  I'm concerned how my girls will go over the Christmas period without their Nanny.  I know that we'll get through this, like many others before us.  If you've been going through the same thing, please share how you have helped your children through the loss of family member.  We talk about Nanny and all the amazing memories that we have together.  My girls have requested that I make all of Nanny's best dishes this year.  Hopeful they'll meet her standard.

For now it is just one day at a time.  While my husband and I are back to work today, the girls have started their holidays by heading of camping with both their Grandfathers (my Dad and my Father-In-Law).