My heart is heavy today, and I feel grief and sorrow for those who have lost loved ones, especially children. I can’t even wrap my mind around how they will begin to cope with these tragedies.
Bad news seems to come in avalanches. Yesterday I heard that my niece lost a best friend who was only 12 years old. I went to bed thinking of Kayla and her friend’s family and their loss.
This morning, I woke up to the sound of helicopters hovering over my house. On the adjacent stretch of freeway, a horrible hit and run accident happened at 3:30am. Three men in a car, two of them twin brothers, were rear ended by a speeding SUV. One of the twins in the backseat was killed and the other two passengers were injured.
Then I find out via facebook this afternoon about the shooting in Connecticut and I am simply just shocked, in disbelief.
We had a pretty rough morning with babies crying and everything just seeming to go wrong. I felt so helplessly frustrated and insufficient. And yet, it passed, we had a good evening, we kissed and tucked our two boys in to bed tonight and we will wake up to do it all again in the morning. I have no right to complain about difficult tantrums when I think of all the moms and families with big holes in their lives now.
I will try, like aways, to put aside the difficult emotions and the negativity from the day and post pictures tonight and reflect on what is good in our lives. The world can be so ugly, every day. It is just not all our burden to carry, we do what we can and keep moving on.
Little Bob and Freddy, a.k.a. Trevor and Brendan (as in “oh no no no no siree, Bob!”, and ,”ok ready, Freddy! Let’s get this over with”) started out with a great morning. They thought they would be like mommy today eating her cereal.
I want to eat Brendan up, he is so cute in his blue shirt. It has been chilly here and I am happy to be able to put him in clothes for a change.
The boys love playtime with the new tables
Until Trevor goes crazy and throws all the toys away
And then he gets “the look” from Brendan
And then he plays nice
Good night, may we all wake up to a better tomorrow!
I am struggling knowing what to say about the events of the past couple of days. There are no words that can add to what you expressed. Sometimes it does seem as though everything happens all at once.
It does indeed make me want to hold on tight to the ones I love, and appreciate the good there is in my life.
On to the pictures….cute cute cute!!
Little Bob and Freddie!!! 🙂 Hahaha
Thank you for the laugh. The boys are adorable all dressed in real clothes and playing together. They are so sweet and innocent.
Lots and lots of love to all of you, and give the boys extra hugs and kisses from Gramma tonight.
Love,
Gramma. XXXX
Good Morning from the heavy-hearted East Coast. Uncle Rich and I were in Sandy Hook, CT with dear family friends just last month and our hearts stopped until we learned that our friends children were safe, but do grieve for their friends and families in the area who witnessed such evil. To dear Kayla, we send many comforting hugs, we are so sorry. And then there is your blog, Tiffanie. It seems that in the past 4 days Brendan has taken a huge growth leap! He is catching up to his brother. Think that Trevor needs a rear view mirror for Christmas….Brendan’s coming!! The tables brought a wonderful smile to our faces…..I knew where the design came from!! 🙂 🙂 !!! Really giant hugs to all of you, still in our prayers and lots of love!! 🙂
If these tragedies take away our ability to smile at the good things, then we’ll be crushed by them. Last night, I read yesterday’s blog for the first time and was so grateful for it – to have the opportunity to smile and be reminded of all the GOOD things! Even the outflowing of compassion and empathy reminds me that I have the best people, both family and friends, in my life.
Li’l B and his hand on his hip and his classic “faces” and Trevor and his crazy antics and playful mischief always make me smile (if not outright laugh), no matter what my mood. 🙂
Yes, the news is horrendous, there is so much evil in today’s world, is this, perhaps, because we have allowed God has been put aside or in some cases removed completely from our country? Enough of sad days, love the look on Brendan’s face when he is telling Trevor to shape up. The new little tables are wonderful and so great especially for Brendan. Trevor is always the adorable Trevor, what more can I say.
There is nothing that compares to the loss of a child. That’s why we read this blog every day. It reminds me of the miracles that exist – Brendan has faced so many challenges, and while his gains are tiny each day, they add up to a lot over time. Trevor is living proof that cunning still thrives in the world too!