Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you. The highest courage is to dare to be yourself in the face of adversity. Choosing right over wrong, ethic over convenience, and truth over popularity ... these are choices that measure your life. Travel the path of integrity without looking back, for there is never a wrong time to do the right thing.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

My Woodwards...

I am really missing my Woodward's lately. I can't believe Kayden would be 6 in a few weeks...sometimes it feels like an eternity, sometimes a few days. So weird sometimes it doesn't even come on my radar for weeks, other times I hear a song, see a place, takes me back to a few weeks I wish I didn't relive in my mind.

Like finding the notes while cleaning the dungeon Casie & the girls wrote to me when we moved away. I have complete faith that he has a plan, that he knows why, that I will know when it is time for me to know. But...being the complete control freak I am, I can't stand not knowing, waiting, wondering...THIS IS MY LESSON. I recognise this, I just don't LIKE it! Why doesn't the fact that *I am Tabitha* not work on God, lol! :0) I hate SIDS...

I miss my Kayden snuggles, I miss making her Daddy mad spending $ on yards and yards of ribbons, clothing, photo shoots...

I miss my Casie, though she had to endure something no Mommy ever should, we are closer than sisters, soul mates of a sort...for this I am thankful.

I miss my girls, I can't believe they are now young women, what 5 years will do...from silly teenagers filling Hal's shoes with water, changing all the settings on his cell phone to Spanish, & taking his wallet while we swam...Hearing Ky say "It's on & poppin Hal" knowing full well her 95 lbs. soaking wet was the one going in the pool not him...I miss them dressing up the boys in Haliee's dress up and driving the Daddies mad :0)
I miss my little boys who now aren't soo little getting into everything and being too cute to bust. Screaming "Tabby Tab" and running towards me open armed everytime I walked through the door.
I miss game nights, Hal yelling at Mark for being too cheap to run the a/c...Mark pouting & wanting to read and reread the instructions to attack UNO because there is no way we aren't cheating :0) I miss Mark dressing up like Spidey for Kole's party to make them so happy but not being able to resist scaring the kiddos the night before...
How different the Woodward life is now, 5 years later....I LOVE YOU ALL & miss you so much...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

oh my love... how I miss all that too.. she would be 6.. I miss her face.. I miss the love that she had in her eyes, she has such an old soul behind every smile.. I too am confused by the why of it all.. loved seeing the pictures of big perm.. I forgot about the a/c but not the fact that attack uno could possibly be grounds for divorce.. I love you!!

Brittany said...

I had no idea about Kayden. How did I miss that?!
Missing loves sucks. I wish there was a more lady-like way to say it.

A couple of years after my husband died, I came to this realization: "I believe that while we may never know the answers to the big questions in this life, God does. He does not make mistakes; it is all a part of His perfect plan."

Because, I am pretty sure that the Lord laughs at my plans! :)

I'll be praying for you tonight.

Hugs,
Britt