And to be quite honest, it was much more emotional than I'd anticipated. While I have an amazing new life, the permanency of nothing else with Chad's name on it, was a bit sad. That we get to have the experiences that we do because of someone else's death, a loss. But, moving forward is part of life, no matter how challenging it is and that's what we decided to do.
I grieved the finality of the sale and shared my heart with Mark and a few friends and then we decided to celebrate with our kidlets by taking them out to dinner at Red Robin. We shared the good news (it's been challenging for Dylan) and we laughed and talked and really enjoyed this experience together. Because of the blessing of a home sale - especially in this market - we spent a little time explaining the purpose behind the celebration and that this level of "order what you will" won't be happening very often. They were grateful and we enjoyed ourselves and their company as well.
Just a quick plug for Red Robin. Dylan and I have been frequent patrons of this restaurant and it is definitely in our top 3 of faves, we introduced Mark to it with a date back in January of 2007. They have great portion sizes for the kids so that you don't feel as though you're wasting a lot of food AND, my new favorite is that they have side dishes and healthy choices (Dylan and Veronica had melon slices), like seven of 'em. Go there! http://www.redrobin.com/
We topped off our night with balloons and laughter. They requested the colors of the balloons and decided to get into the red, white and blue pattern you see here. It was a fun, mellow celebration considering we took four children out to eat. We hope that the celebrations will continue throughout the year and certainly outweigh the challenges.
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