Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Break My Stride

Oh man, I have fond memories of this song. . . it is my Mom's favorite. She would sing it in the car anytime it came on, and it truly exemplifies her! I was in a kickboxing class last week and the instructor had this song on her playlist. I instantly thought of my Mom and what she and this song had taught me. Many people have asked me, through this experience, how we do it-- how we get up every morning; how we still have faith; how we still laugh, and love, and breath. I believe it is because what I learned as a kid. . . .nothing gonna break my stride; nobody gonna slow me down. . . Oh NO, I got to keep on movin'!

The holidays were difficult. It is hard not to get to see Luke open presents on his birthday or Christmas. I often think about the funny things he would be saying or doing right now. BUT, we keep on movin':

Decorating Luke's tree on Christmas Eve.


Annual decorating of the gingerbread house. YUM!


Josh enjoying his new scooter from Christmas.


Mike loving his present from Santa!


Someone is always missing.

And so, THANKS Mom and Matthew Wilder for helping me keep moving, when sometimes is seems impossible!

3 comments:

Tina said...

just keep swimming :)

Tim said...

Thank you for bringing back the memories! That is a perfect song for your family right now.

Keriann said...

hey beautiful Jan. Thanks for your blog entries, you have touched my life in such a positive way and I love you for it. Keriann