July 29th 2011 would have been my mom's 50th birthday, unfortunately she only made it to 49. The whole week was a VERY tough week for my whole family, including me. I shed a lot of tears and memories ran through my mind all week long. We just miss her so very much and it reminds me of 2 things...life is not fair, and life is too short, so enjoy every moment. After an agonizing week of tears and emotional roller coaster rides, I decided that She would not want me feeling this way. So I decided to do something fun and make the best of the situation!
I made her favorite cake and bought a big bunch of balloons. We invited Mike and Andrea to join us for dinner at Cher-E-Heights Casino, which was very yummy and great to get my mind off the negative. We all enjoyed her cake at the end of dinner. Then after dinner, Macie, Nick and I went to the beach...mom's favorite place in the world. I thought it would be fun to wish grandma a Happy Birthday and let balloons go to heaven for her. Macie thought that was a fun thing too! So one by one we released a few balloons then the whole bouquet! We caught the attention of a few fellow beach goers, but it didn't matter because we where there for a good purpose. We all yelled "Happy Birthday Grandma, we miss you!!" It was great closure to the difficult day.
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| Macie LOVING all the balloons on the way to the beach : - ) The truck was FULL! |
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| Macie and Mommy just enjoying the moment. |
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| Starting to let the balloons go! |
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| Happy Birthday Grandma!! We love you : - ) |
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| What a beautiful ending to the day. |
