First Christmas In Heaven

A dear friend of my mother's sent this to Mitchell and I today. It brought tears of joy to my eyes and made me think of how happy she must be celebrating her first Christmas in heaven. Some of you may find this a little corny, but it touched me so much I wanted to share it with you all....

First Christmas In Heaven

I've had my first Christmas in Heaven
A glorious wonderful day!
I stood with saints of the ages
Who found Christ, the Truth, and the Way

I sang the glad songs of redemption,
How Jesus to Bethlehem came,
And how they had called His name Jesus,
That all might be saved through His name.

We sang once again with the angels,
The song that they sang that blest morn,
When shepherds first heard the glad story
That Jesus, the Saviour, was born.

O, dear one, I wish you had been here:
No Christmas on earth could compare
With all the rapture and glory
We witness in Heaven so fair.


You know how I always loved Christmas;
It seemed such a wonderful day,
With all of my loved ones around me,
The children so happy and gay.

Yes, now I can see why I loved it,
And, Oh, what a joy it will be,
When all of my loved ones are with me,
To share in the glories I see.

So dear ones on earth, here's my greeting:
Look up till the day dawn appears,
And, Oh, what a Christmas awaits us,
Beyond all our partings and tears.
~Author Unknown~

Last Christmas with my sweet mother! 

Happy Early Birthday

Tomorrow would have been my sweet mamma's 61st birthday. This week has been a little harder on me than the past few, knowing that it would have been her birthday this weekend. But I'm trying my hardest to stay busy and positive! My usual routine of heading to the store to pick out a special card, ordering flowers to be delivered, and selecting the perfect gift to make her day all that more special is something I didn't get to do for the first time in years this week. Still, I've had the urge to send her something in the mail every morning this past week when I get up remembering that it's her birthday on Saturday, then it hits me how little sense that makes.

Funny enough she had already told me exactly what she wanted this year for her birthday a few months ago! She mentioned that she wanted some pretty blue hydrangeas for her yard :) If you knew my mother at all she LOVED gardening, even though her and I both certainly didn't have green thumbs by any means.  My mother was the most selfless person I have ever known and never ever asked for anything from anyone and certainly wasn't about to ask for some extravagant gift.  I'm hoping to get some hydrangeas next spring and plant them in remembrance of her last birthday wish!

I thought that I would remember her birthday on here as I started this whole blogging experience in remembrance of her. As I can't share Mitchell's and I's life experience with her via the phone, email, or in person anymore I felt that this would help substitute the loss a little and help me feel as if I was relaying our life events to her in some way :) Anyways, I'm wishing my mom a super happy early birthday and hope she's partying it up up there where she is! I miss and love you so much mamma.

A photo of mom and I when we were
driving back to CO a year ago from
last month!

My Sweet Mother

I'm not intending to start this blog off on a sad note, but I thought who better to dedicate this new adventure of mine to than my sweet mother? As most of you know she passed away on June 3rd, just two days before Mitchell and I planned on getting married. As we were packing up to head to the hotel in Atlanta, she had a sudden heart attack and was gone from us almost instantly. I cannot even begin to describe what that day was like. We all had gone from being elated that Mitchell and I were getting married so soon, to being devastated by her lose in a matter of seconds. 

My mother was one of the most beautiful, sweetest, kindest, faithful, and God loving people I have ever known. Her love for the lord was overwhelming and she lived everyday to serve him! Although she is no longer with me on Earth, I know she is constantly keeping watch over me and with me every step of this new journey I am about to embark on as a AF wife! 

I would also like to give a HUGE thank you to all the men and women who made our wedding happen! We decided to have a small ceremony in the back yard of my father's house the day after my mother passed away. It was perfect in every way! Without these amazing women and men who pulled our wedding together within 24 hours, I don't know what we would have done! The Lord has blessed both Mitchell and I with such amazing friends and family! Thank you all so much again.

I miss you so much mamma, but I know you are in a peaceful place and always with me...

My wonderful mother

The day I left for my freshman year of college

I am so thankful that she got to see Mitchell graduate

I love you mamma, always