A weekend of high emotion, indeed.
May 11-13th brought a few tall orders:
It would have been Parker's 12th birthday. Scott and his family joined Parker's friends for a mini-celebration in Bellbrook. Peyton stood in her Prom dress among dozens of 12-year-olds as they released colorful balloons to the sky in Parker's honor. This is her photo...it just brings tears to my eyes.
What a great activity, completely created by this tight constellation of kids who are missing one bright star.
And despite that grief, we still must celebrate what we've got here on earth. We had a dinner party at our house that night, celebrating 8 years of Amblen!
The next day was Mother's Day...time to honor our three matriarchs. This photo is an old one, but a treasured one...it's from 2010, when the kids had placed tiaras on all the "queen mums." This year, we took each of them flowers and hugs.
And lastly, some Mother's Day downtime with my own two sweet peas. Carson asked to be a baby again, and after I swaddled him and cried a little from the emotional weekend and realization that I DON"T have babies anymore, we all had a good laugh making silly faces at the camera.
On weekends like this, you either laugh or you cry. Both of these can be cleansing, but ending the day with a giggle was just what we all needed to remember the most important words to live by:
Call your mother
Remember those you've lost, but live for those you have today
Be here now.
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