Well 2008 was an interesting year. February found my beautiful daughter, Natalie, and her very handsome husband, Harold, being transferred from New York to San Antonio, Texas. Yea!! They made a stop in Arizona on their way to Texas and we were able to spend some time with Harold and then had Natalie with us for a few weeks while he waited for housing in Texas. I had the opportunity to drive to San Antonio with Natalie and spend a few days and had a great time. We are so very thankful that Harold returned safely from Iraq in October of '07. Our family is so proud of you!!
A big event was me and my sisters starting our little craft venture called My Sassy Sisters. We've always loved decorating and making crafts and decided to turn it into a little business. We did two craft shows which we considered pretty successful. It not only exposed us to the world of having a craft business, but we met lots of other crafters and made some new friends. One in particular, Leann Welton, has become another "other sister" in our family (Julie, don't worry...you're not being replaced). The craft shows were a blast and we had so much fun just spending time together and laughing like we always do. And the icing on the cake is that we even made a little money! We will continue to work on the business in 2009 and are planning on participating in more shows. Our BIG dream is to one day have a little store in downtown Glendale called "A Little Bit of Everything" - and Kerry I like your additional subtext of "From My Sassy Sisters and Friends". KEEP THE DREAM ALIVE!!
Our family experienced a couple of sad events in 2008 as well. Our grandmother, Grandma Ruth, had to have her leg amputated due to it receiving no circulation. She is in a care facility now and just taking things one day at a time. She has days when she's our funny little grandma that makes silly comments and makes us laugh and has bad days too. We love you Grandma!
Then on December 6th our beautiful aunt Sandy passed away...
Dedication to Sandra Sue Strong
Sandy was my mother's sister and our loving and caring aunt. I have such wonderful memories of spending time with her when I was a young girl. There were a couple of summers when she lived in Jerome and Cottonwood that I would go up and stay with her for a couple of weeks and had such great times. She taught me how to macrame, make candles and do glass cutting. She was one of the most talented people I have ever known and I think she could have done anything she put her mind to. She even owned a pizza parlor in Jerome with her friend Nicci and helped her friend Candy build a house. She was also one of the most caring people I have ever known. She genuinely loved others, especially her family and close friends. She loved the kids and so enjoyed the holidays when she could do whatever she could to make them smile. Easter was especially fun. She would go to the dollar store and buy all kinds of toys, stuffed animals and goodies for the kids. I think her favorite part was after the kids had found all the plastic eggs and she would have them open the eggs up and see what number they had. Then she would hand out the corresponding gifts. I think it was last Easter that it seemed to drag on forever, but what a joy to see how happy it made both her and the kids.
Sandy, you will always be in my heart and I take comfort in knowing you are now in a better place and with other family members that have passed on. I just hope you and Grandpa don't cause too much havoc up there! Thank you for being you and for sharing your life with us. I love you and look forward to the day when we will meet again.
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