Monday June 16, 2014...This was the day of the "un-pause"!
Today (well Monday...since its like 2am on Tuesday), the kids and I headed out to Chicago to visit with the Beers! You know the Beers...David and Cassie, Naomi and Sydney (born 2013)!
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| June 9, 2013 Spanish Fork, UT |
This year we could not make it out to Arizona, we could not put flowers on your gravesite, we could not visit Utah and all the wonderful people that knew you and us with you! Today we just went to visit the Beers. Vandro and Camila played with Naomi and Sydney, we had lunch and then played in the backyard and the baby pool. Just a fun day with friends! David bought little cupcakes for Vandro and Naomi's upcoming birthdays (June 21st & 28th). It was a fun day. We packed up after what seemed like a fast afternoon, and headed back to Indy. Except when I got in the car and drove away and as I looked at your brother and sister fast asleep in there car seats....memories came flooding back! The winter you born, the pizza at our house with the Beers, General Conference at their tiny apartment in Provo, their new home and our "mommy" dates their. Cassie and I's pregnancies. And June 2012, the last week you were with us. The Beers, Vandro and Naomi playing and for the last now three summers, us singing an early Happy Birthday to Vandro and Naomi. And my heart ached for you. I can not tell you though, what a blessing today was, to be with friends, to talk about you, to remember you, to remember our times in Provo. I felt you there with us, with the Beers!
The last week of your life, we spent it in Utah, we had so much fun, we forgot to take a lot of pictures...I always thought, "oh, I'll do it next time". We stayed with the Beers and we visited all of our favorite Utah people. Oh, but I have the memories, how much Naomi loved you, how she couldn't wait for you and Vandro to stay in her home!
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| David Keller |
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| Susan Keller |
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| June 11, 2012 Page, AZ |
Last year, we remembered to take pictures...we took a lot of pictures!
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| June 2013 Cougareat |
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| June 2013 |
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| Birthday boy and girl, June 2013 |
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| Vandro is quite the trooper! |
Today we played, we laughed, we had joy! The heartache will never completely cease, I know that, but I know that it is our Father in Heaven's wish that we have joy. That we love the lives He's given us, I love my life, I love my children, I love your father...my heart hurts when I think of kissing you, holding you! But I know that mortality is filled with trials, and it is the trials that make the sweet times, sweeter!
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| The babies |
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| June 2014 Birthday cake |
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| "My big sister soars in heaven" |
And here we go, the un-pause. Its my new year, its time to move forward, to look towards the new adventures, the new memories...and Eva, you will be right there with us! I love you my Angel daughter! THANK YOU BEER FAMILY for a wonderful day, that meant more than you know!!
3 comments:
I love your kids more than you probably know. We loved seeing you.
Hi Gabby. I found your blog looking for other parents with HPE children. My son, Matthew, looks very much like Eva. I would like to correspond with you via email if that would be ok, to ask advise, if you don't mind sharing ... Please email me at zitaveronica@gmail.com
Hi Gabby. I found your blog while looking for other parents with HPE children. My son, Matthew, looks very much like Eva. I would like to correspond with you via email, to ask advise, if you don't mind. Please email me at zitaveronica@gmail.com
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