Easter 2010

The sadness and pain will never go away; thank god for my little family. 

I cried and smiled and loved having family to our home, oh how they would have enjoyed this weekend. 

My favorite memories of this weekend....in no particular order

• Easter egg hunt for Aydan and Elle, Aydan won of course. He has such an eye for eggs filled with money
• My Aunt and Uncle arriving and making it up our narrow driveway (without scrapping this time) and unloading everything-- but the kitchen sink. As us polish say, if you don't have leftovers then we didn't make enough 
• My nephew arriving with my Sister and Matt late Friday night and seeing how excited he was to have the upstairs room....Ted hooks up play station for him.
• Getting fitted for new running shoes with my Uncle at a running shoe boutique we are fond of; he treated again......I committed to at minimum a mile a day. I can do this. Thanks again....
• Watching my Aunt take over the kitchen; reminded me of Dad. (except she doesn't yell to get out of the kitchen, she just asks for things that I don't have...like a tablespoon 
• Dinnertime Saturday night, I took a deep breathe.....they weren't here again...we miss them so much......
• Talking with my Aunt...she is one of very few people that knows how I really feel. She's worried. We're both such worriers anyway. There were some tears...
• Seeing Elle and Aydan's faces as they walked into the dining room to the covered table filled with Easter baskets, gifts and treats. My Sister goes overboard on Easter (like my Mom did for us as children growing up..) and my Aunt, well, Easter is her most favorite Holiday. 
• Taking a few mile walk with Elle and my Aunt Saturday morning and then my walk with Ted and Elle on Sunday.....I love long walks; my Aunt and I did hills though...it was a nice workout
• Ending my evening talking with one of my most wonderful friends on skype; she got a kick out of miss Elle....I so appreciate her thinking of me; sorry again for the voicemail with tears

I am thankful we have family that took time out of their busy life to make the drive and to be with us. It's an even tougher time of the year for my Family; I loved having them here...but I still end Easter Sunday with a sad heart but I know Elle enjoyed her weekend very much....and I think everyone else enjoyed themselves. 

Happy Easter Mom and Dad, we miss you so much and we will never forget spending Easter with your smiling faces two years ago. It will remain in our hearts forever.....

All my love, 

Melissa