A Tribute To My Mother

          FLY HIGH...  FLY FREE...
You May Be Gone, But Will Never Be Forgotten.... Your Love will Always Embrace Me, Even from Up Above....
          (August 9, 1939 - February 22, 2012)




          *** She is Gone ***

You can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived

You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back
Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left

Your heart can be empty because you can't see her
Or you can be full of the love that you shared

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday

You can remember her and only that she is gone
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on

You can cry and close your mind,
be empty and turn your back
Or you can do what she would want:
smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

By: David Harkins

I LOVE YOU MaMa !!!

Christmas Trip To Chicago Videos And Pictures

Merry Christmas 2011

Merry Christmas!

This year we are celebrating our Christmas with Grandma in Chicago! We arrived in Chicago on December 21st. via Amtrek. We spent 4 wonderfully exciting days visiting some of the museums, going to Winter Wonderland sponsored by Bank of America and window shopping.

I'll post more pictures and our Christmas video from home later.

Have a Happy Holiday Everyone and stay safe!

24th Annual Family Teacher Deaf-Blind Conference

We attended the 24th Annual Family - Teacher Deaf-Blind Conference in Greensboro N.C. June 24th - 27th. While Floyd and I were attending the conference meetings, Timmy on the other hand had fun, Fun, FUN with his old and new friends.

Here are a few pictures that I took at the conference. More are to come later. We should be receiving a CD of pictures that were taken during the day of all of the children enjoying the daily activities.

Grandpa and me

 There isn't anything better than some cuddle time spend with grandparents who spoik me!

Hop-py Easter

This was Nate's 1st Easter. He had lots of fun playing with the Hide-Em and Find-Em Talking Easter Eggs. He also enjoyed mine and his share of dinner. He had mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.

Timmy enjoyed his Easter dinner. Floyd pureed Timmy some ham, cabbage and mashed potatoes. Floyd and I even agreed to take a gamble and gave Timmy 1 slice of apple crumb pie for dessert. Being that Timmy is a diabetic, he doesn't often get the luxary of enjoying sweets very often. To err on the safe side, Floyd checked Timmy's blood glucose 2 hours after his meal. Surprise, Surprise!  Or maybe not, being Timmy's glucose levels lately have been like a wild roller coaster ride. Ater consuming 70 grams of carbs, he blood glucose was 123!  Timmy is one diabetic that NO ONE will ever figure out what makes him tick!

I leave you with some Hop-py Easter cuteness......