Missing you two is tough, but want you and the family happy!

Dear Guillianna and Elijah,

Nana and Poppy are thinking of you both, and we always will.  We write these special love letters to you, because of the unusal circumstances we face.  Luckily we  do get to speak to and see the other grandchildren, and we hope every day that we will soon be able to speak to and see you again.

The other day, I promised you both a look at Sebastian.   So here you are.   He is growing – as is Cole.  Babies grow so fast.   Luckily you got to see Coles one year photos a few love letters ago, so here is a couple of Sebastian.

We love and miss you both so very much, and we hope all is well with you.   We are wishing for you to be happy, having fun, and building dreams.   Poppy and Nana will have an anniversary in a few days, we will celebrate by thinking how lucky we are that our marriage brought us our family, and from there, it brought us all of our grandchildren.   So when the end of September passes by each year, it is like the birth of a “love” that brought a lot of people together, and gave them all their opportunites, for them to choose their live journey.   Our kids, had Poppy to help them grow, and now some of them  have their own kids, who will possibly one day have their own kids.   It makes me think about how lucky I was to find Poppy, the person who is responsible for the beginning of  all of these love letters…. so many years ago.

When your mom as a small girl, she had so many changes in her life- things she did not want, and did not like, things she could not control.   When she came here to live she didn’t want me for a mom, and she did not want to be here, to make it all harder,   I was also very sick after she came, and it frightened her.   She was sure that loving us, or any people who loved her here,  and needing us, would end up  like before, with her getting hurt.    In so many ways, it seems your mom will not ever need or want Nana and Poppy in her life, and since she doesn’t want us there, it makes the chances of you both seeing us and spending time with us a problem.   There is much to tell and show you in the future.   Until then we will focus on making sure you remember all the good.   Never let it slip away, and be minimized into something worthless.  Our love is very true, and you are worth having love all around you.  You are lucky to have more new opportunities and we hope that you will enjoy every single thing to its fullest.   Things like another fall season…. I mean look its true the summer has flown by, and now we look at the Fall.

Before we know it we will be into October!   The month of Halloween parties, Jack-o-Lanterns, costumes and fun!  Luckily, unlike the Mitten, your new location will most likely have much better weather for the holiday!

All our love being sent your way today, tomorrow, forever and always,

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Love,

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

Sunday ❤️?

Dear Guillianna and Eli-

It’s another Sunday … we imagine you two are recovering from a birthday weekend- and getting ready for another week of school. The weather here in the Mitten was really nice today. Poppy and I went to breakfast together and on Facebook there popped up photo memories of you cheering at the Notre Game game, as well as photos of Eli and Joey and Sophia at the game. So we started our day thinking of you and the fun time that game was .  This is Eli at his first football game!

Then Poppy was getting his office bag ready for tomorrow,  and it made me think of the hidden notes and cookies you’d leave him to find at work.  Oh my goodness…. he loved those suprises!

Tonight we took Grandma Sally out for dinner at the restaurant on the lake by her house. Couldn’t help but remember eating there with you and Eli- so as you can see we think about you often! It’s true it’s always good memories we have of the two of you. Hope you will always know how special it was for us to share in your lives and that we are always grateful for the memories. We are also very excited to hear all about new memories you are making. New friends, New teachers, new life and lots of first experiences! Here it is the end of the day and we will go to sleep with happy thoughts of you both.

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Until then we send you our love, forever and always,

(Yep even BREAKFAST MAKES US THINK OF YOU TWO – pancakes and grilled cheese were always favorites)

Never was there a little boy who loved Grilled Cheese more, or a little girl who loved PAMCAKES more….

And yes only when she was small were they called PAMCAKES, but now that is what Poppy calls them.   All the time.

These are his Cinnabon Pamcakes… YUM!

And Elijah would have eaten this for every meal…. for sure.

We love you both so very much…

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

Saturday September 22, 2018

Elijah and his NDPMA SILLY SOCKS

 

Dear Guillianna and Eli –

Thinking of you today and always – our hearts were hoping that maybe we would hear from your mom so we could wish Elijah a Happy Birthday and while that did not happen your Poppy and I were both thinking … WE HOPE HE HAS A GREAT BIRTHFAY PARTY, and imagining themes and what you’d be doing this weekend.    See even grown ups can use dream starters to help them smile or create new ideas and DREAMS.   Please know we would have been there if invited and we will dream of that day when we see you again.    All our love today, forever and always,

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Love ❤️ Nana and Poppy❤️?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIJAH!i

Dear Eli and Guillianna !

Today is the big day ! You turn 7 years old ! HAPPY ? BIRTHDAY ! While I cannot say in this love letter things about how amazing and proud we are of you at your school, the hard work at reading you do, or your baseball or other activities, since we have not been told anything about you in months …   We have not been sent a single photograph of either of you, so we dont even know how big you are, how you have changed.  That is pretty ironic since this entire journal is a small sample of the thousands of photos we have always sent your mom and dad.   Bridging the distance gap and making sure nothing got in the way of its imporatnce.    What WE CAN TELL YOU  is this  –  based upon what we know of you – what we saw – and how awesome you are … THE LITTLE MAN WHO LEFT HERE 9 MONTHS AGO IS WITHOUT A DOUBT…. SO SMART. SO HAPPY. SO SILLY. SO FUN. WE KNOW HOW YOU LOVE HUGS TICKLES SNUGGLES AND RUNNING FAST. WE KNOW HOW YOU LOVED BAKING WITH NANA. HOW YOU LOVED BUILDING TRACKS FOR YOUR CARS AND YOUR POPPY ELI TIME AS WELL AS NANA ELI TIME! WE KNOW YOU LOVED TO BE POPPY’S BASEBALL BUDDY!

We know that you are probably the most amazing first grader and we ARE PROUD of you!

Mommy always wanted for you each to celebrate on birthdays by giving the sibling of the  birthday child a ” little brother” or “big sister” gift. This is how she has celebrated on each of your birthdays. That is sure easy since both of you love each other and work so hard at being good to each other every day ! Guillianna you are the best big sister – and I hope you take time today to know how proud we are of your love of family. You sure did learn early on the importance and value of having a loving family. You always have had a huge amount of respect and caring for all of those around you !

I have sent you a package with birthday gifts for Eli and big sister gift for Guillianna and I did get confirmation of the delivery. I also sent you some baseball cookies that arrived today ! I am so sorry that Nana and Poppy do not know what toys you like to play with, or what you need or want. We sent some things you will hopefully enjoy ! Enjoy your special day.   From the moment you were born into this world  (and this applies to both of you being born early,  you have been so strong from the beginning,  so never ever give up on hope, on dreams, and on the people you may not see, we are here, we love you, and we are so proud of how brave you are.  Click below and see your first day!

I know I have posted some of these before, its just these are a few of Poppy’s favorite photos and like I said, without mom and dad sending us any photos at all, you are bound to find some that are the same.

That way you wont have to go so far back in the love letters to see them.   I will keep adding more, and floating around some of the old photos so it isnt so hard to find pictures I may have posted years ago…. and when I do, I will write you a new love letter each time.   Just like LUNCH LOVE!  ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE THINGS!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

We love you to the moon and back – today- tomorrow and always ….

 

THIS IS TWO YEARS AGO ON ELIJAHS BIRTHDAY!

SO MUCH FUN!

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?