Tonight I'm missing my daughter,Kyra.  As we are going to bed after a weekend full of hard work and family time, she is going to work thousands of miles away on a U.S. Naval Base in Japan.  She is one of the lights of my life-my only daughter.  I cherish her so much.  Tonight we shed tears as we saw each other over the webcam for the first time in about 6 months. 

This weekend is 2 of my son's birthdays and also the 1st year anniversary of my precious nephew, Parker's  short life and death.  It has been a rough weekend but also a time to spend making Cameron smile.  Even all of his brothers and his dad worked hard to make this a happy weekend.  Tomorrow will also be difficult as it is the day my sister had to bury Parker, but it is also our son, Alex's 16th birthday.

We'll be taking Alex to driver's ed tomorrow to see if we can make schedules mesh.  With church, school and family activities this will be hard to make happen but it is something that will make Alex happy and may help our family in the long run.  We'll see if this happens or not.

God bless families.  In an era where "families" are being redefined and minimalized, our family really is hit hard with the issues of separation and closeness.  We pray for all families everywhere that they may truly, at what ever point they are in life/time, come to appreciate each other and strive hard to strengthen their familial bonds....those same bonds initiated in Heaven by our God our Father and Creator!

Blessings to all!