Goodbye to a decade

As we start focusing on a new year and a new decade, I thought I'd do what so many people are doing and take a look back. I am happy that I will be saying goodbye to this decade the same as I said hello...with Ethan. It has been a very bumpy decade to say the least.


We have been through many disappointments. In addition to the many miscarriages, surgeries and the ectopic pregnancy, we lost family and friends. My Grandma June passed away October 1999 without meeting Ethan. I regret not stopping there to have them meet; she would have loved him. I lost my Grandma Jean as well. We also lost Ethan's Grandma Loie and Uncle Scott in 2002; fortunately they were able to be at our wedding. We have been with friends as they have lost family members and pets as well. Jolie, Remington, Sasha and Cloe were beloved dogs that were lost as well as Maverick last month.


This past decade was definitely a time of joy as well. Ethan and I were married, my niece was born, friends were married and welcomed children of their own. Ethan bought our first house, we got Maverick and also bought and moved into our second home. I think one of the best things to happen to me was at one of my toughest times. Through tragedy I found the most amazing women that became some of my best friends. I can't even imagine not having them in my life. They got me through so much and not to mention kept my sanity. Without these friends, I don't know where I'd be.


I also see how Ethan and I have grown, both as a couple and individually. He has become an even better friend to me, a wonderful, loving husband and now a great father. Ethan has done so much for me, and probably has no idea how much I appreciate him. He probably had no idea what he was getting himself into with me. I have become a stronger person; I never realized how much I could actually handle. The relationships I have with my sister and friends have also grown stronger.


Parker of course is the most important thing to have happened to us. I didn't think we'd ever become parents, but we did. It was definitely a long time coming, but now that he is home forever with us, the waiting and disappointments along the way seem like a lifetime ago.


So as we bid farwell to 2009, I look forward to what the New Year will bring now more than ever.

Happy New Year from the Cramblet family!