For those of you who don't know, Willie is in Maryland getting some training for a new company he started working for called AAI Corp. He will be training between Maryland and Arizona for several months. The kids and I are currently living in California but are planning on moving to Utah at the end of December. Well we decided it would be great to visit Willie in Maryland over the Thanksgiving break. We have been in Maryland for 10 days so far. For Thanksgiving we drove down to Florida to visit Willie's family. This was a lot of fun and it was great to see all of Willie's family again. It has been over 3 years since we had last visited.
This visit was the first time Willie's family met Victoria so it was a very special visit. Victoria is Willie's first daughter and the youngest grandchild so everyone was really excited about meeting her.
Willie's mom had a stroke a couple of weeks ago and she has had several difficulties because of it. Initially she didn't remember anyone which was very hard for everyone in the family. She has started rehabilitation and is already showing great progress. We are so proud of her and we love her very much. This has been a very difficult time for Willie and his siblings. I think what makes this really hard is the fact that she is so young. She is only 47. This has made me realize that every day really is a gift and we need to make sure all of our loved ones knows we love them. We are now focusing more than ever on our family's and our family history.
There are many wonderful stories to learn about our ancestors, we just need to take to time to sit down and talk to our grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins about our memories and life stories.
Im so thankful we were able to go to Florida this year for Thanksgiving. There was a lot of great southern cooking and lots of love.
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That sounds like a lot of Fun. I am not jealous of Florida because its hot and beachy here too. How was maryland? Is it beautiful over there? Looks like we will be in Utah too. Are you going to be there by christmas? I feel homeless for this christmas. I did last christmas too so that kind of sucks. Anyways I hope all is well with you guys. Did you get to see the boys?
Good to hear the news Melisa. Time flies by after you turn 20 years old.
Abbinn had a remarkable life. I do not know if anyone wrote it down. I don't know even half of it. I hope my uncle Eyfinnur wrote stuff down. He is the genealogist.
I had that thought the other day; It just hit me how Everyone has a story, and they are all very remarkable, And those who die alone, or have no family or friends, they just get forgotten, and all the wonderful amazing things that they did, or happened to them is just gone. It made me sad for all of those people, and also made me want to find out the stories so it doesnt happen to anyone I know, but im lazy HEHE okies Love yas!
MelanieMoMo
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