Happy Saturday everyone! Apologies for not updating sooner. I’ve been pretty busy at home and just haven’t felt up to it. We had a busy weekend last weekend. I spent the whole day on Saturday at the Children’s Hospital in Denver. I went for the first Miracle planning party. This is a party that Stacy and some others thought of. It just so happens that Kennedy (her daughter), and several others will be finishing their treatments this summer. What better way to celebrate than to throw a big ole party!! It may seem weird to some that I am participating in this planning committee. I wouldn’t be anywhere else but right alongside my friends joining in their celebration. This is part of my family and these children deserve to win their battles! Kayla did too, but God had greater plans for her (beyond my understanding). I can understand how people would feel strange around me – sharing good news, triumphs, etc. I want you all to know that I am not bitter or even angry really. It’s strange even for me to say that, but it’s how I feel. I still believe in miracles. I believe Kayla was a miracle. I mean, look at what she has done, what she has accomplished. I was so blessed to have her in my life and that’s all there is to it. I get very sad when I think about Kayla not being here for so many joyous days that would multiply in their happiness if she were a part of it, but she is watching and her spirit brings the joy that she can’t show in person. : ) I won’t ramble on, but I just want all the families to know how happy I am to be a part of their child’s miracles : ) This party will honor several families and they’ve even decided to honor some of the angels including Kayla. We don’t have the date set yet as we are still looking for a venue in Denver. We are planning for sometime in September though. I spent the rest of the day hanging out with Stacy and Kennedy. It was great to catch up and just let it all out, as we always seem to do : )
Sunday was interesting because we decided to tackle our basement. I was worried about Jason doing this, but he/we did fine. You see we don’t have a huge basement – prior to Kayla’s death it held a small family/TV space, our office and storage for camping, fishing, snowboarding, Christmas, etc. I have some of the best friends and within hours of Kayla’s passing, they were here at our house trying to put away all of her things so that we did not walk into the house with that overwhelming vision. Most of her things were put in our basement storage area. With everything we accumulated after her death, our basement became one big storage area. Seeing as this is where I need space to work on the Foundation and we play games and everything, we really needed to clear some area. I’ve seen some parents that are able to “deal” with their child’s things fairly soon after their death. This has been something we’ve been avoiding. Jason has still not been in her room and I just go in if I need something. At this point, we are not ready to get rid of anything. In fact, Jason built some storage shelves in the garage so that we could move things out there and make more room for Kayla’s things in the basement. Long story short, we really worked together and made things neat and tidy. Kayla’s room is next on the list, but I think we will wait until the baby is a little closer.
I don’t have much else to report. I kind of wanted to share some random pictures. We have a couple of neat tribute areas around our house for Kayla. I thought it might be something you’d be curious to see. I wish we had room in our house for a big glass hutch where we could display some of her things. That will be on our list for our next house.
A sweet angel our friend had made for us http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/JulieWeber/DSC07597.jpg
Some of Kayla’s ashes are in this cross – and of course her baby Believe bracelet http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/JulieWeber/DSC07595.jpg
This is a tribute we have for her next to our porch (some great friends had the stone made) http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/JulieWeber/DSC07601.jpg
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And here is her sweet, precious urn – a great representation of Kayla in Heaven http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/JulieWeber/DSC07598.jpg
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Just a bonus picture – yay! Thank you Kayla for sending sweet blooms that made it through the snow … http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j269/JulieWeber/DSC07604.jpg
Thank you for reading everyone and I’ll update again real soon! I know there are a couple things that I didn’t fit into this update!
Love,
Julie
