I write this short post while I wait in the airport for my flight. I’ve been thinking a lot about the family lately and particularly about the boys and about Luke. Today Luke would have been 14. He would be just getting ready for High School in Fall.
Luke and I used to like to wrestle. He was always looking for some way of beating me. I used to enjoy talking to him at the dinner table and verbally sparing with him in jest.
I remember scuba camping with him when he was young. When he was “let loose” he was always running around the camp site, looking for something fun and mischievous to do. I really miss Luke.
Yesterday would have been Luke’s 14th birthday and I spent most of the day remembering his arrival and how thrilled we all were. I remember David, DeDe and Luke all laying on the bed taking pictures of all of their hands and feet, I have a copy of the hands picture on my bedroom wall, his oh so tiny! Like that day, he always had a tight grip on me always and especially my heart. To watch him was a joy, to share with him a gift and his love the greatest blessings of my life. I know that there will never be a day that he and the entire family will not occupy a big part of my mind and heart. I know that being together is a blessing to them all, but oh how much they are missed. Thank you Laura for visiting the bench yesterday and putting the poster of pictures up with birthday memories. They were special to us all and the love that is continually shared bears witness to them and the love and memories they so bountifully shared. Happy Birthday Luke I miss you my darling so very much and will miss watching you grow into a wonderful young man I believed you would be! So special, so wise and so very smart and loving. With a loving and prideful heart forever, Nana
Thank you for continuing to share with us, Linda! I think one of the hardest things is mourning what could have been… what *should* have been. Luke’s light still shines… wish we could have had the chance to watch him grow to his potential… such a remarkable, smart, funny young man!