Weekend Update

So many times I have wanted to post how we are doing and I struggle knowing what to say. Someone sent an email today that really explains how I feel. She quoted something that Elizabeth Elliot (widowed missonary in Ecuador ) once said, "Sometimes, life is so hard you can only do the next thing. Whatever that is, just do the next thing. God will meet you there."

This past weekend we did just that. Jason had to work in Chattanooga on Friday so we were able to spend the night with our friends Brian and Amy Thompson. We had not been to their home since Lindsey's death. It was hard to see the swing on the porch where the girls loved to swing with Brian. So many memories. We went to dinner Friday evening with Brian and Amy and David and Karen Myrick. We love you guys! Thanks for being there for us.

While we were at dinner Friday, MiMi and Papa Greg watched Cadence for us. For those of you who don't know. MiMi is Amy Thompson's mother and has "adopted" our girls as her granddaughters. Cadence and MiMi had fun baking a cake and having a pretend birthday party. The cake was very sweet (thanks to Cadence pouring a whole bottle of sprinkles on the top) and messy, but she had fun.

From Chattanooga we went to Florence, AL to see Jason's mother. Another hard thing going to Grandma's house where the girls have stayed so many times. Then Sunday we went to the church where Jason grew up. It was hard, but good to see the people that have known him all his life and are grieving with us.

GOOD NEWS: My sister Rebecca and her husband Ryan are proud parents of a new baby girl, Petra Grace Ferguson. (Grace is in honor/memory of Lindsey) Cadence and I went to see her this afternoon. In Cadence's words "she is adorable".