Eight Years and Little Sisters

Katherine and Lillian cheering on their brothers!

Today Paul and I celebrated eight years of marriage. The past two years have definitely  been our most trying with Paula's illness.  The last few days have been a blur.  The second visitation literally blew us away with the amount of people that came.  The service on Monday was a beautiful celebration of Paula's life and the impact she made on so many.  The sheer outpouring of people in the church was a true testament to what a wonderful friend, sister, daughter, mother and wife she was.  The ceremony helped me more than anything else.  It was so uplifting and everything about it was her.  We felt her shining on us.  We could not have made it through the last few days without the love and support of our family and friends.  From phone calls, texts, cards, keeping us fed and just dropping by to visit.  It has all meant so much to us.

We are going to slowly regain a sense of normalcy around here.  Paul returned to work today and I am off until Thursday.  Luke had practice tonight.  It was good for us to all do something normal.  We tried to keep the kids in as much of their normal routine as possible.  The kids and I both spent the night with Mom on Saturday night while Paul stayed in Gallatin with his dad.  They went to breakfast at Waffle House for Father's Day.  Don't think Bill would have had it any other way.  The whole family went up on Sunday night and we grilled a burger.  There was a steady stream of friends in and out as well. It was nice for us to have a down day before the service.