This was one day in my life that I don't think I will ever forget.
First, we got a little bit of this....
First, we got a little bit of this....
SNOW!
It wasn't enough to throw snowballs and make snowmen, but it was just enough to prevent a "Come-Apart" by Jameson.
Thank you James Spann!
Most of you "Northerners" are laughing hysterically that we are so excited over a little "dusting" of the white stuff, but when you NEVER, EVER, EVER see snow, the tiniest bit of it sends us into hysteria!
(As evidenced by our schools and businesses being closed for not one, but TWO days!)
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Then, late last night, the Alabama Crimson Tide won their 13th National Championship!
It wasn't enough to throw snowballs and make snowmen, but it was just enough to prevent a "Come-Apart" by Jameson.
Thank you James Spann!
Most of you "Northerners" are laughing hysterically that we are so excited over a little "dusting" of the white stuff, but when you NEVER, EVER, EVER see snow, the tiniest bit of it sends us into hysteria!
(As evidenced by our schools and businesses being closed for not one, but TWO days!)
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Then, late last night, the Alabama Crimson Tide won their 13th National Championship!
The last time they pulled this off was in 1992, the year the triplets were born....
And I don't remember one, single thing about that Championship winning year.
Not one, single thing.
To most of you non-football fans, or Alabama football "haters" (which really came out of the woodwork last night....**sheesh**) this isn't a really big deal either....
But for this SEC-Alabama Crimson Tide-Nick Saban-Roll Tide-LOVING gal,
It was a HUGE deal!
The absolute sports highlight of my year!
I only wish my Daddy and my Nanny (my mother's mother) were alive to see it.
They LIVED for Alabama football season, so I guess I get it honestly!
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But, between the "blizzard" and the the game, something else happened that has changed things in our lives completely...
And I don't remember one, single thing about that Championship winning year.
Not one, single thing.
To most of you non-football fans, or Alabama football "haters" (which really came out of the woodwork last night....**sheesh**) this isn't a really big deal either....
But for this SEC-Alabama Crimson Tide-Nick Saban-Roll Tide-LOVING gal,
It was a HUGE deal!
The absolute sports highlight of my year!
I only wish my Daddy and my Nanny (my mother's mother) were alive to see it.
They LIVED for Alabama football season, so I guess I get it honestly!
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But, between the "blizzard" and the the game, something else happened that has changed things in our lives completely...
This is our OLD house.
The house Marty and I moved into when we first got married.
The house where my all my babies spent their first nights at home.
The house where we lost two of those precious babies.
The house where we mourned our children and tried to learn how to live a new, heartbroken life.
The house where I learned about raising a daughter with special needs.
The house where I learned about raising a healthy, rambunctious son.
The house where we dreamed and made plans for our future.
This is our house, our first house....
And now it is gone.
The walls are still there, but the fire chief said he thinks it is a "total loss".
Nothing left but the memories....
Both good and bad.
Just like January 7th, 2010
The house Marty and I moved into when we first got married.
The house where my all my babies spent their first nights at home.
The house where we lost two of those precious babies.
The house where we mourned our children and tried to learn how to live a new, heartbroken life.
The house where I learned about raising a daughter with special needs.
The house where I learned about raising a healthy, rambunctious son.
The house where we dreamed and made plans for our future.
This is our house, our first house....
And now it is gone.
The walls are still there, but the fire chief said he thinks it is a "total loss".
Nothing left but the memories....
Both good and bad.
Just like January 7th, 2010