Out with the old...in with the New...Year that is...
2008 was a life changing year for us! As you are aware, we became parents to the most precious little boy GOD could have given us, Griffin Michael Hosey. It is crazy to think back a year ago, or even two years ago and see the changes that have taken place since becoming a parent. Our lives are completely different. We were popping the champagne at 8pm on New Years Eve this year, crazy, I know. In years past we would be napping at 8pm in preparation for the long night to come. We would not change it for the world, Michael and I so often look at one another and don't even have to say it out loud, in fact I don't think we've ever said it out loud but we know the other one was or is thinking it..."what in the world made us this happy before Finn was here"?? I don't know what was as important or meaningful, or fun, or loved before his arrival. It's crazy to think about how much you love a child, your own child, and to think this love grows daily, hourly even... an even more perfect example of the phrase "GOD IS LOVE"... there is no end to this love either, it is indefinate, it goes on forever and ever, it does not have a max capacity or a meter telling you that its almost full, I can't imagine the level it will be at in the years to come. And to think, I am one of GOD's children and this is how he feels about me. It was not until Finn was born and I had some time for it sink in when I realized the magnitude of the sacrifice GOD made for us by giving his son for the right of the world. I mean I always understood the sacrifice, but now I really understood the sacrifice. I am so thankful for this realization!
I love you all and thank GOD for another year of Life, Health, Friendship, Happiness and Peacefulness. May the LORD bless you all as we enter the New Year!
2008 was a life changing year for us! As you are aware, we became parents to the most precious little boy GOD could have given us, Griffin Michael Hosey. It is crazy to think back a year ago, or even two years ago and see the changes that have taken place since becoming a parent. Our lives are completely different. We were popping the champagne at 8pm on New Years Eve this year, crazy, I know. In years past we would be napping at 8pm in preparation for the long night to come. We would not change it for the world, Michael and I so often look at one another and don't even have to say it out loud, in fact I don't think we've ever said it out loud but we know the other one was or is thinking it..."what in the world made us this happy before Finn was here"?? I don't know what was as important or meaningful, or fun, or loved before his arrival. It's crazy to think about how much you love a child, your own child, and to think this love grows daily, hourly even... an even more perfect example of the phrase "GOD IS LOVE"... there is no end to this love either, it is indefinate, it goes on forever and ever, it does not have a max capacity or a meter telling you that its almost full, I can't imagine the level it will be at in the years to come. And to think, I am one of GOD's children and this is how he feels about me. It was not until Finn was born and I had some time for it sink in when I realized the magnitude of the sacrifice GOD made for us by giving his son for the right of the world. I mean I always understood the sacrifice, but now I really understood the sacrifice. I am so thankful for this realization!
I love you all and thank GOD for another year of Life, Health, Friendship, Happiness and Peacefulness. May the LORD bless you all as we enter the New Year!
