Fall Family Update
The fall season has been hard and mean. So, I’m thankful for your continued prayers and support. It all started with our move from Brandon to Valrico in the beginning of August. Although it’s only about a 12-minute drive between the houses, we were leaving the last place where our family was whole. I must be fully honest, moving as a solo mom of seven kids and making all those decisions myself, even picking up the U-Haul alone -almost broke me. However, the move was necessary, and downsizing has been very helpful. Not waking up in the “house that I didn’t bring Patrick home to”, provided a little more breathing room in the suffocating grief. We are still close enough to all our extracurriculars, church, friends, family, therapists, etc. In addition to adjusting to the new place, August was full of trigger days. Our 18 th wedding anniversary, Elijah’s birthday being two of the hardest. We took a while to adjust to our new schedule was a wild r...