When my mother-in-law passed away 2 years ago.. I didn’t think it would change everything… I knew things would be different.. but I thought… it would be ok.. Life unfortunately has never been the same. The laughs no longer ring through the house and an unbrella of sadness has taken over the house. I recognize that while the children don’t remember enough to notice the change.. I still need to do what I can to document .. this life… the one we have now gotten used to. We arrived to an house not yet decorated for the holidays so we raced out the day that we arrived so that we could try and bring a little Christmas spirit to the house.