Happy Easter!!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

What a crazy weekend it was!!! I am not sure if it was the full moon, the excitement of Easter, the excess sugar, the fact that everyone is getting a cold, or a combination of it all...... but these kids were crazy. Which, of course, equals a crazy mother. LOL. But despite that we had a good time and I think we were also very productive. Jay managed to get the garage cleaned out so that we should in the very near future be able to park two of the vehicles in there. That will be very nice.

I also found myself feeling a bit emotional this weekend. It will be two years ago this week that we lost my grandmother. It is not the anniversary of her death that I find hard, it is missing her on special days that I find hard. I would have called her, visited her, or sent her a card, and that is what I miss. She lived a great,full life though!!

I also found myself feeling a huge sadness that my brother in law, Dan, is not with us anymore either. It is when you have those quiet moments or those holidays that you finally acknowledge that there is a huge loss, a piece of your heart missing that cannot be replaced. I have never before been impacted by a suicide. So this really "rocked" our world especially to have it happen so close to home. Losing both of these loved ones has been a blessing in disguise. It is a reminder that life is so very precious and you have no idea how quickly life can chang. So you must treasure each moment that you have. But also, that you need to make sure that people know that you love them. Grandma always used to tell me, "No regrets, make sure that you have no regrets." And she always made sure that we knew that she loved us. As a matter of fact, those are the last words I heard from her, "Jackie, I love you!!" We miss you Grandma and Dan and look forward to one day when we will meet again!!!