To begin, if you've read our blog in previous entries I talk about my cousin Hans & his wife Margaret expecting to adopt a baby boy from Korea. On Wednesday evening I was tried calling to see if our pre-xmas tradition was going to happen this year. Since they we're not sure if they could be leaving anytime for Korea to get Tae this may not happen. Well it turns out they got the call just Tuesday saying they leave on this Sunday and will return the day after Christmas with Tae!!!
We will go and greet them at the airport with many of their other family & friends. This is a tradition for some people who adopt children and was done when I arrived with my parents too. This will be a very special day for me & being with my parents who have been there before (twice) where Margaret & Hans will be. Words can't describe the emotions that come with knowing a new family member is joining us and thinking how grateful I am for where I am today. Being adopted has always been the part of my life that most wouldn't fully understand, but know this, it has given me the strength I have today. Before I tear up and start writing tear drops I'll leave it at that. After such great news I was reminded when looking at pictures of when I arrived at the Mpls. airport with my Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles, Cousins and Dana awaiting to greet me. Of course a bit saddened some people physically aren't here today so see another Johnson come to our family, but always are here in spirit.
While thinking of these people it dawned on me the Ross Women (Mom, Sam and I) had our mission to complete today down at Fort Snelling. We visited Grandma & Grandpa Johnson with a hand made x-mas wreathe. On our way into the cemetary the veterans were about to do the 21 gun salut as a burial was happening. We watched the salut with the windows down and then taps began to play... We had to roll up our windows as we've been there before, we hadn't even made it to the site before I felt my heart hurt a bit. As we made our way to the site it was clear to me that I miss them very much this time of year :( I said the exact thing I just wrote and we of course as woman cried together. I could only think of how much I love my family and grateful for them:) Of course on our way back into Stillwater we stopped at Grandpa's favorite diner as always!
I do have one more cemetary stop and this will be at Fairview in Stillwater to bring my Grandpa Ross a Christmas treat and wish him happy holidays. This trip will be solo, probably just as well I may have that holiday blubbering going on lol. This time of year prior to x-mas has always been hard for me (most people wouldn't know it except Mark) but I miss lots of people.
To be positive our lives have changed in one year since last December. We both accomplished a goal of new careers and that was our only goal, accomplished!
Last December 26th at approximatley 8:00 a.m. I was on the phone asking Mark if I could quit my job at Cities Digital and he said yes. 8:12 a.m. I was on the phone with my old boss at Crowe Construction Management asking or shall I say crying to see if they had anything open for my old positon even part time, he said yes. I was out of that job by 12:00 that day with no regrets, except I promised myself 2008 was the year that would change anything bad into good. This year on December 26th, 2008 at 12:00 pm we will be driving with our family to greet our new Johnson family member!! :)
Mark and I have transitioned our lives into a new era for us this year that we will always remember as our comeback year. Certain family & friends who had treated us badly will be forgotten, new family will arrive, our best friends close & far are the constant backbone for us and are forever grateful, and mostly turning 26 this year we have definitley grown from all of these good or bad experiences. We're setting goals for next year and will continue to strive for the things in life we want to accomplish and this year prooved that we can do it!!
To our parents, thank you for being a strong part of our lives! As you know just about everything I probably don't put in this blog you have always supported us. Your strength & wisdom have helped in so many ways this year and that has truly helped us grow as individuals and as a couple.
Starting tomorrow December 20th the chaos will begin. Each day until the 29th will be of holiday cheer & numerous Christmas gatherings, we can't wait!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!!
Feliz Navidad!
Mark Andrew Thompson & Sarita Marcela Ross
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Be Good for Goodness Sake!
Ah, we... the holidays are upon us and winter has shown its face! With the snow flying and people are out shopping for gifts I keep saying "be good for goodness sake", not just to myself but probably to Mark a little and just putting that out there in the world.
As days go by towards Christmas this year I keep feeling as if that would be more of a gift to give some people. Many have the financial difficulties as do we all right?! But this year even on my father's side of the family were not doing our usual gift exchange. This is not a dissapointment to our family, but what really matters is being together. Financially its tough, but even Mark says money is the brut of a lot of unhappiness for people. I'm tired of hearing that because money is not the root of my happiness. My family, my friends, of course Mark and our cat Samoa is what truly makes me as a person.
Last evening we had the discussion on this and I kind of joked that maybe this year presents isn't exactly what we all need, but what we do need is enjoying the pure and true things in your life. So what if I don't get the ice skates I did ask for, I probably won't remember I even asked for that three years from now. What I will remember is being merry with my family and friends on Christmas Eve and Day! Hopefully we will be greeting a new member to our family too. On the Johnson side (my mothers) my cousin Hans & Margaret could possibly be coming home from Korea with their new son Tae. Now that is one gift that will keep on giving to our family! A pure gift!
Till before X-Mas...Mark & Sara
As days go by towards Christmas this year I keep feeling as if that would be more of a gift to give some people. Many have the financial difficulties as do we all right?! But this year even on my father's side of the family were not doing our usual gift exchange. This is not a dissapointment to our family, but what really matters is being together. Financially its tough, but even Mark says money is the brut of a lot of unhappiness for people. I'm tired of hearing that because money is not the root of my happiness. My family, my friends, of course Mark and our cat Samoa is what truly makes me as a person.
Last evening we had the discussion on this and I kind of joked that maybe this year presents isn't exactly what we all need, but what we do need is enjoying the pure and true things in your life. So what if I don't get the ice skates I did ask for, I probably won't remember I even asked for that three years from now. What I will remember is being merry with my family and friends on Christmas Eve and Day! Hopefully we will be greeting a new member to our family too. On the Johnson side (my mothers) my cousin Hans & Margaret could possibly be coming home from Korea with their new son Tae. Now that is one gift that will keep on giving to our family! A pure gift!
Till before X-Mas...Mark & Sara
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