Category Archives: Grandpa and Grandma

Protected: { cade turns 8: part 2 family day}

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{ c. bear had four candles }

Four. Smart and sweet and stubborn. Affectionate and dramatic and imaginative. Still loves pink and shoes and piggies and nail polish. Sings the ABC song at the top of her lungs when she should be sleeping. She had a birthday party with just family (although she kept asking for all her friends that I didn’t...

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{ a treasure … }

Father’s Day. We created a treasure map for Grandpa and made him hunt for six treasures (since Caeden is 6) in the rain. Under stepping stones. In golf carts. Hanging from evergreen trees. Tucked in the garden. Nestled by the pond. For all the heartbreak our family has endured, I acknowledge the blessing of the...

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{ When Reinforcements Arrive }

Thursday brought reinforcements. Dave & Donna arrived to help us for the weekend … Wayne had chemo on Friday. His last treatment until the Holidays are over. He’ll have a CT scan Thursday and might have a lung procedure early next week to stitch his lung lining together to prevent more fluid build up. I’ll...

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{ Let Your Heart Be Light. }

Santa Monica, California Same day. Different moments. He doesn’t look like THIS much these days. Too much seriousness. Not enough of that look. Grandma brings it. Energy and love and playfulness that I WISH I had. Love her so much. He looks like he could take off and fly at any moment, doesn’t he? These...

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