How LONG is a day? How DEEP is the ocean ? How MUCH are you loved ? WHERE does love go?

Nana November 20, 2018 1Comments

Dear Guillianna and Elijah –

How long is a minute ? 60 seconds !

How long is an hour ? 60 minutes!

How long is a day ? 24 hours !

How long is a week ? 7 days !

How long is a year ? 365 days!

Today is Poppy’s birthday and here IS A PHOTO OF A PRIOR BIRTHDAY WITH POPPY AND HIS FAVORITE WAY TO SPEND IT….

There are some things that you can measure or count …. and some that you cannot ….

How deep is the ocean ? ??????? Depends on where you measure it I suppose ! But not deeper than the love we have for both of you !

How much love does Nana and Poppy have for both of you ? Pretty sure you cannot measure that! The love we have for you cannot be measured. It cannot be explained and it is endless!

Maybe you wonder, Where does love a grandparent has for a grandchild go ?

This I know for sure …. Love for grandchildren doesn’t ever leave , it cannot and will not ever go anywhere… it’s forever !

The fact is , grandparents look at all the days of their life, all the children they raise, they think about every decision they made, with their own children, every event they did with their own children, every obstacle ever climbed with their own children…. every joy and every success! They know that the decision to have family allows for their own children to have their own families! – yes they always think of the love they have for their children and as they think – the love they have had year after year and the dreams they have had suddenly blossoms OR GROWS into a new love, the love of a grandchild!

And that love never goes away either, not when the grandchild grows up, not when the the grandchild moves away, not when the grandchild is a teen or goes to college, not when the grandchild gets married, not when grand children have children of their own . It just keeps growing ! Just like the love they have as parents but different in that the role we have as grandparents in your lives is different than the role we had as parents ! It is true – For the two of you living in the Mitten with us for so long we definitely built a very special bond, simply out of the amount of time spent and the role we had during your mom and dad’s absence. There is no question – we loved every second of our time together and are always going to treasure it.

Grandparents ( and great grandparents ) sadly cannot promise that they will live forever… but they can promise they will LOVE FOREVER – And that is the truth. We will love you forever and always, to the moon and back,

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Tomorrow is Poppy’s birthday, and Thanksgiving fast approaches…

Nana November 19, 2018 0Comments

Dear Guillianna and Elijah,

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We have had so many birthday’s together, I am certain, it feels weird to you when you cannot celebrate with us, but we want you to know something, we understand.    When we are not able to see you, or share your stories, of the day at school, or new and exciting things in your life, we are able to think back to times where we were so very close.   When we say listen to the little voice in your heart, that says how special the days in the Mitten were, it is because we want you to be happy and be able to cope well with all the changes in your world.   After much discussion, and help from others, we use those happy moments, to help us too.   So it is kind of like “Where Ever You Go, What Ever You Do… ” we too are going through this together.

Here are some photos that popped up on our digital memories, hope you will enjoy them and that you know you are missed and loved very much, forever and always,

(tonight they lit up the city of Rochester, this photo is from prior years when we took you both there… but it is that time of year) and yes, our love goes from Rochester “here” to the moon and back,

Nana and Poppy

Mitten Love …

Nana November 18, 2018 0Comments

Dear Guillianna and Elijah-

Some good memories and Mitten photos to bring smiles faces and to your hearts! Thinking of you both with love to the moon and back …

Forever and always …

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

Mitten Water

Nana November 17, 2018 0Comments

Dear Guillianna and Elijah:

This weekend we went up North and there is nothing more beautiful than Mitten water- and Lake Michigan !

This is a new area in the north we’ve discovered – trying to find more hidden gems in the Mitten. You can bet when we come up here Nana and Poppy think of so many awesome memories. I grew up as a little girl spending summers in the Northern Mitten and then we brought our own children here- which made taking you and the other grandchildren up here so important to us. This weekend we are here with Elena, Cole , Gray,  Aunt Allyssa, Uncle Nick, Aunt Liz and Bash! Uncle Dwan had to work – and Aunt KiKi had Uncle Ricky out of town for work and was unable to make it since she has family coming to her for Turkey Day .    This year she too will not be in the Mitten for the Holidays.   All of us are missing you and all the rest of our family . We think of you with pure love and hope you are happy healthy and loving your days and nights with mom and dad. We hope one day to see your smiling faces and who knows return to the Mitten Waters for some fun. If not sooner than later – who knows maybe when your 18 you’ll go to U of M or Michigan State ? Where ever you go, what ever you do Mitten Waters will always make s great vacation destination right ? ❤️  

We were trying to have some special time for Poppy’s birthday since on his actual birthday – everyone has work or school! We are hopeful to see more days with you some time soon – or in the future, because you never know what tomorrow will bring. Keep staying sweet as always , working hard at making great choices, loving mom and dad and making days full of smiles and new happy memories ! One day you will see everyone you love again. Today- Elena wanted to FaceTime you guys and was wanting to dance and play with you both! We told her hopefully some day soon. Then we looked at photos and videos to help them too. Know you’re both truly missed, very much, and loved – to the moon and back ,

forever and always – you’ll always be our ? sunshine!

XOXOXOXOXOXO

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?