Life Changes in the Awalt Family
Life changes happen and are always for a good reason. Most of the time we all are unaware of why something happens but when the reason shows up we sure know it! Here are a few of them for our family. Richard and I have finally figured out why we purchased such a large home. =) Don't get me wrong we love having the extra rooms and bathrooms for visitors from California and such! Keep the visits coming!
I have learned to love all of the four beautiful seasons here. Each with its own beauty. I love looking forward to the next season each time. Winter, when the trees are finally bare from their beautiful colors and the snow falls. When March approaches and we are tired of the cold, comes the beautiful spring flowers popping up everywhere! Life is good!
The life changes for our youngest daughter since our move have been rather amazing. She has grown in so many ways. Samantha fell in love and is married to a wonderful man. She is now Mrs. Bo Carvalho. They have made a very nice home for themselves in Arroyo Grande. Samantha and Bo work for the SLO county school district with special needs children and love the work they do. Can't ask for anything more for your child. We see her several times a year and cherish that time ever so much. Our daughter Anni and her husband James along with our two grandsons, Emerick and Louis lived in a nearby town in the basement apartment with James' family. They had made the decision to live there to save money to purchase their first home. At 4:30 the morning after Memorial Day the entire home was engulfed in flames. The entire family got out just in time only to lose everything they owned and their pets. We are ever so thankful that our kids and grandsons are with us today. They have been living with us ever since and we love it. It has been difficult to watch them as they try and put back together their home and still struggle to feel "safe". Emerick is having a difficult time with adjusting and not being afraid. He talks of the "Sire" pretty much daily and worries about our home and the same thing happening. James and Anni do a wonderful job with him reassuring him daily.
They have been ever so humbled by the generosity of family, friends and people they have never met. The outpour of help from the communities from the East to the West is beyond words. ALL of the help is beyond words, they as we are are ever so blessed and thankful for each and every one of you!
We are ever so happy for James and Anni as they are now in escrow on their own home in Stewartstown, PA. It is a lovely home that sits on an acre and a half. It will be wonderful to watch them continue to heal and see the boys playing outside in their own yard, full of "new toys".
When bad things happen there is always sunshine to look forward to!
