La Vie en Pinard

This is new to me.  i have wanted to blog but never really thought I had the time.  I probably still don't but it is something I want to do for me.  I have realized in the last year that life changes so quickly that I forget things that have happened.  Jim and I were talking the other day and we were discussing things Stephen said or did and I realized I was forgetting some of these things and that made me sad.  When Stephen asked me whether he would remember what Papa was like I knew I had to find a way to keep the memories for him.  That is when i decided to MAKE time to do this.  I may not be very good at it but I am willing to try.  I guess that is all I can ask of myself.

Right now in our lives Jim and I are passing each other at the door most of the time.  We are working on two diffferent shows, "once Upon a Mattress" and "Hairspray."  We are doing "Once Upon a Mattress" with our Homeschool Group in Ann Arbor.  Jim is directing, I am producing and teaching the Tech class with our new friend Norma.  We are having fun with this.  At the same time Jim is also directing Hairspray with the theater group in Detroit, Park Players, and that opens in March.  It is nice this time because I have been able to reconnect with a high school friend, Lois, and her daughter who auditioned and were cast in the show.

2010 was a year that I was glad to see come to an end.  It was a painful year emotionally with the loss of Dad in January and then Fred in September.  Two Dad's in one year.  WOW!  I guess I had reason to hate 2010.  I have been praying that 2011 is a much better year.  So far at least noone has died. 

I am praying that God gives up peace this year and that we are able to grow closer to Him as a family.  We want to be able to find a church that Mom would be comfortable at as well as us.  This could be a pretty big task since we all want different things but I believe that God is great and that He has something for us.

Well that is all for today.  See you all tomorrow.