A Year can hold so much

Adria just got out of bed and walked in to be with me. I still love seeing that. She's only started getting out of bed on her own in the past year, so it's still special to me.

That's one of the sweet things that happened in this overly jammed packed year for us. I was thinking about it last night after joining church friends for a time of prayer, which was so special because it's been years since I have done that. Afterward, I sat there and talked with friends I've known since my childhood and appreciated this simple interaction that I missed while away.

A year ago today, I was going to work in Richmond, Va. for the first time. We had just made the major move from Indianapolis, Ind. that week and were excited about this new phase. We had no idea what was to come...

I would never have believed it, even if an angel had appeared to me last spring (2012) and told me that in the coming year my family would experience a dynamic time that included:

• Making two major moves, involving three different states
• Changing jobs after almost 6 years with a successful company
• Buying our Virginia home, selling our Indiana home, renting out our Virginia home, and leasing a new home in Delaware
• Watching my husband endure two of the worst seizures he's ever had, one on our daughter's 4th birthday
• Going through a time of depression unlike any I had experienced
• Telling over 100 people that their credit score was below 600 and no, they could not by a home now
• Traveling free of charge to Nassau, Bahamas for a tropical vacation with husband
• Experiencing both my daughters learning to walk barefoot for the first time
• Trying desperately to find a way to help our daughter not have stinky diapers at pre-school age
• Having hopes, plans and dreams sift from under our feet like the sands along the shore
• Enjoying the privilege of having family and friends close by once again

Oh, it has been a year that feels like an exceptionally adventurous roller coaster ride of crazy ups and downs. One of those years where I am thankful I did not know what was to come. I can mostly handle these adventures one day at a time, but it would be overwhelming to try to plan for all this.

So here we are, back in Delaware after three years away, having no idea what the future will hold for us but just taking one day, one step at a time.