9 Months & Mother's Day Tomorrow

Hi, Mam-ma. I hope you enjoy your balloons from Daddy and me. We're sending them from in front of our home in Pearland. Abby was some place else but next time I will make sure she is with us. I love you. Blake

Oh, and FGA Joyce sent you these balloons from Bryan at the same time Daddy and me sent ours. Daddy and FGA Joyce were even talking on the phone so they would release them at the same time. Pretty neat, uh?

Well, Mom, it's been 9 months today since you went Home. I talked with Gordon the other night and he told me about his visit from you. He was so excited and really needed to hear those chimes. Thank you for being there for him, as you always have been.

Anyway, I did a new balloon release "thing" this time. Gordon bought 9 balloons to match the colors of the 9 balloons I bought. At the cemetery, I'm talking on the phone to Gordon, who has Blake with him in front of their house in Pearland. At the same time, we both release our 9 balloons in your memory and honor. Gordon seemed please to be a part of this monthly ritual. Today was special, not only because it was the 9th month of your passing, but also because it was shared at the same time by your great-grandson and grandson in Pearland and me in Bryan. And to think, although Gordon and I could only hear each other on the phone, you could hear us and see all three of us. What a loving experience it was. Thank you for continuing to gently hold our hearts and walk with us through these times.

By the way, Gordon said his balloons rose perfectly higher and higher. And mine, for the first time in all these months, my balloons rose high enough to become entwined in the big oak tree. That's never happened. I kind of thought perhaps you wanted them around for tomorrow, my first Mother's Day without you. So, those balloons will be watching me as I release your Mother's Day balloon. Kind of a nice, circular memory.

I love you, Mom, so much.