Easter

Lunch or Dinner?  Ham or Lamb?  China or disposable?  Big table or in front of the television?  I am hosting the Haack Family feast this year.  I love having the holiday celebrations at our home.  The view is great.  We have the space.  Tim is a great cook and I like to fuss with the table scape and napkins.  Now the Lucy is older she will enjoy an Easter Egg hunt and I will put Uncle Cody in charge of hiding items in the yard and delight in her squeals as she finds things.  Brand new.  Exciting.  I love Easter.  Celebrating rebirth in life and nature is a gift.  The flowers are blooming, the trees are green with new growth, the grass is green, the lake is full of swans and pelicans...I am truly blessed.  I have had the opportunity to "repent" and "start over" many times in my life and as Christians we celebrate the gift of Christ. We leave our mistakes in the past and move forward with new conviction, goals and course correction.  I love my husband and the bond we have and the gift he is in my life.  I love him for the guidance he has given me through the years to be a better me and to do the right thing.  My life's journey changed when I met him and I celebrate that new beginning this Easter.

Hudson my STUDson

A grandchild fills spaces in your heart like nothing else.  This kids has been happy since November 29, 2010.  I have never seen him in a bad mood.  Smiling, happy, playful.  He reminds me so much of Cody when he was a baby....They even look a bit alike.

So he likes to play hoops. Nothing would make his Uncle or Boppa more proud.  The smell of concrete on your hands from hours of free throws in the drive way.  What an adventure ahead we have.  Thank you Garth and Amanda for such a beautiful boy!

My Boy

Anyone who has a son knows that a mother son relationship is unique.  Cody was my baby and I did and still do baby him.  He will be 21 next month and I am proud of who he is and the path he is walking.  As a young boy he loved horses and swimming and cowboy boots.  He was brown all the time from being in the sun and by the pool.  Jumping in the deep end with out fear at two years old.

I am certain growing up or surviving as he recalls in a house full of women wasn't easy.  Cody is compassionate, caring, considerate.  He is polite and respectful and would like to be treated the same.  He isn't a BAD BOY.  He is a decent young man.  I wish him love.  I wish him success at the things he attempts.  He makes me smile and I enjoy our dates at lunch. He loves Lucy and Hudson and he is good to Harper our neighbors daughter.  He is tall and handsome.  I love you Cody.