Merry Christmas from the La Mar's. This Christmas is special in many ways. First, it is our first Christmas without Sheri. Christmas was always her favorite holiday. She would decorate the house, and have the Christmas music playing as soon as she could. Christmas day was always a fun and exciting time of a big breakfast together, reading the story of the birth of Jesus, and of course, presents for the kids. I knew when Sheri passed, that I needed to change things up for Christmas. I chose to take us to Hawaii. Not to run away, but to make it different. Today was a very full day. We opened no gifts today. No Tree. No music. We did read the story of Jesus birth. Today we went snorkeling with fish and turtles, took a nap, and went to the top of Mount Haleakala at 10,000' and watched the sunset.
We took time to reflect, respect, honor, and reminisce about Christmas past.....laughing, crying, and missing where we have been. We also took time to live life, which is exactly what Sheri would have wanted us to do. That is the most honoring thing we can do.
Today we looked back on the events that have shaped us into who we are, we enjoyed today and lived it fully, and we pulled up our boots....looked the future square in the eye, and took a step forward, knowing God wants good for us....
Thank you all for all the love, support, prayers, and grace.
Merry Christmas
Looking up!
Brett, Alyssa, and Bryce
