Gust Gab: 2010 - My year in review

Ah...2010.

A year filled with some of the highest highs and lowest lows I have ever experienced...I know I am not alone...

2010 High/Low Lights...

January

had me praying for one of my oldest and dearest friends as she found herself amidst the rubble in the earthquake in Haiti - Incidentally, Joanna left for Haiti again this past weekend. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers...
Later this month - 40 local bloggers would band together to package food at Feed My Starving Children. We had no idea when it was set up that there would be a devastating earthquake and that our hard work would go to feed the people in Haiti.

February

We kicked off the month in Orlando Florida at our first family vacation to Disney World!
I became a team leader for the first ever Cards for Cancer project - who knew that just 6 months later I would be burying my own mother, who died after a 7 week battle with the Big C.

March

March marked 2 years since the passing of Liz Logelin, 2 years since a whole bunch of us banded together to form some amazing friendships.
The Child Hunger ends here Campaign was kicked off -

April

Spring came early this year and we enjoyed many things in bloom -
The timing was perfect as I found myself once again struggling with City Life

May

We kicked off our Live Butterfly Gardening & our own personal Summer Bucket List & we worked together as a group to Fight Child Hunger

June

I found myself the recipient of a gardening grant from the City in which I live - and the phone call that would change my life forever - the call that said my mom had had a heart attack, was unresponsive, and was at the hospital...

July

Trips were made to and from North Dakota as I spent time with my mom. A devastating diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer would forever rock my world. July would be the last time I would be able to converse with my mom.

August

Even though we were told we had six months, maaaybe a year...after just seven short weeks, we said good bye to my mom as her life here on Earth ended.
Easily the hardest month of my entire life is how I sum up August of 2010.

September

Volunteering for The annual events of the Liz Logelin Foundation help to take my mind off of my own problems - another successful event raises $40,000 for those who find themselves in the unthinkable position of widow/widower.

October