Once again, life felt too depressing to send annual Christmas cards to friends. Besides, once I stopped sending cards, I realized that everyone else has abandoned the habit, as well. I think I received 5 or 6 cards last year. Written correspondence, though rare, is important! This make me sad!
In the final third of the year, we have settled into our
empty nest reality. Things are quiet here. Thankfully, Sean is close enough
that he sometimes returns home for a weekend (or week if he can snag it). We
are also grateful that he knows other students returning home, enabling him to
get a ride. Even so, we have made countless trips back and forth to the West Lafayette/Lafayette area, since both our younger sons are living there.
In August, Sean and Claire attended a Purdue game:
In September, Bryce and Elizabeth came to Purdue. Bryce was recruiting for his company and they took Sean to a game. We met up for lunch and the boys posed for me, squinting in the sun:
In October, Trev snapped a shot of his progress in the gym. He's been dedicated to sculpting his body and keeps very strict schedules and diets. He's hoping to one day compete.
In November, Bryce and Elizabeth returned to Indy to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. I'm sad I failed to get any photos of us all together. We also hosted my husband's older brother Rick and were so glad he could be with us instead of being alone on a holiday. He is missing his dogs, so he cuddled up with our Toby. Plus, he enjoyed watching his nephews play Rock Band together (something that makes my heart sing, as well).
At the end of November/early December, Bryce and Elizabeth bought a house. He sent me a video tour after they moved in. Praying they will be happy and blessed in their new home.
I was slow to put up our decorations this year. Indeed, I thought about only putting a small tree up in the living room, but Trevor begged to have the larger tree on the porch (he even offered to come help set it up for me, but I relented and put it up the Sunday after Thanksgiving - late for me). I don't have the decorative touch many possess, but my boys love these decorations.
May you and yours have a blessed Christmas Day! And may God walk with you through every trial and triumph of 2026!
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Apologies! I am battling a new frustrating development in Blogger. G00gle is now adding links into blog posts unrequested. I am not proficient in the html script. I find it very difficult to know how to go in and remove their links without messing up the code so that everything reads as I desire. This is wrong! They have no right inserting themselves and their decisions into my writing. It is almost enough to make me abandon this blog altogether. At this point, I am altering my writing in hopes of avoiding words that trigger these intrusive links. Please bear with me as I figure this out.
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