National Honor Society. . .

Last year Gloria was inducted into the National Honor Society at Meridian High School.  This year she was part of the ceremony as an officer!

Besides being the Junior Representative, she also sang The National Anthem with the Jazz Choir. . .

I'm grateful that she's involved in activities that will fulfill her now and give her great memories to look back on in the future!

Zach and Aleesa. . .

This seems like a good time to add this life event to the blog!  On October 1, 2015, Zach officially asked Aleesa to be his girlfriend. :)  We drove to Salem and they had an opportunity to spend quality time together for several days.  I'll have more to say about that trip later but I felt like we can all use some good news!

The Big Change. . .

So. . . things have changed.  I've known the changes were coming for a long, long time.  People who know me well (and some who've just made educated guesses) know that these changes have been coming for a long, long time. For years, truly.  In many ways, the things leading up to the Big Change have been much harder than the Big Change itself is turning out to be.  And because I'm a private person, I haven't addressed those changes here (much) but it's made updating my blog very difficult because the changes are deeply ingrained in my everyday life.  But at some point in the very near future these things will be common knowledge and I'll have to figure out how to move ahead with my blog because I love coming back here to remember how my life has unfolded over the years.  And this is a BIG unfolding. 

So, here it is in a nutshell:  Rob has moved out and I've asked him for a divorce.  There.  I said it. It's real.  And it's really happening.  We had our 25th anniversary on the 25th of August, I asked for a separation on the 22nd of September and now, in the middle of October, we are figuring out how to dismantle 29 years of emotions and memories and bad times and good times.  It's a journey into the unknown but, in my heart, I know it's a necessary journey.  And I've wrestled with my heart.  For a very long time.  So I'm not going to explain or justify or point fingers.  I'm just going to acknowledge right here where I keep my memories that this is happening.  And I want to figure out how to revisit these memories here without causing hurt and unnecessary sadness.  But this is part of my story now.  Part of my crazy, beautiful life.  And I intend to continue having a crazy, beautiful life in spite of the changes. 

Fall. . .

Cole. . .

Gloria threw a surprise party for her friend, Cole. She invited his friends, baked him a cake and decorated the house with streamers and balloons.  He was very surprised and a great time was had by all!!  She has a great group of friends that have consistently been part of her life for a couple of years now.  I forced them to pose when I dropped them off at Linder Farms later the same evening!

 

 

Max. . .

Golf...

Gloria has decided to join the golf team this spring.  And so it begins!!

Aspen"s Birthday. . .

Fall Concert 2015 MHS

Homecoming 2015