Mother's Day 2010

How do parent's deal with Mother & Father's Day?
I never dreamed that at the age of 45 I would be putting flowers on my sons grave. How can this be?
For Donald and I we hold on to each other and remember the times we had 22 wonderful years with Daniel. I remember all the sweet things Daniel would come up to show how much he loved us. He and Ray would give me flowers that they picked from my flower gardens. I didn't care because they wanted to give me something special and that is the best gift you could ever get.
Dinner around our family table would be the best. I can still hear the dishes of food being passed around.
Now we just fire up the grill and try to make it through the day.
Losing a brother is hard, very hard for the close brother relationship. Ray has suffered a great loss that will never be filled again.
We are just one of many, many families who are hurting. There is HOPE and FAITH that one day we will always be together never again to depart. Only God can give to us what we need each moment of the day to hold on to the next minute.
Daniel I know you are running with the Angels and that God has given you a new body. No cancer cannot hold him back anymore...
We LOVE You,
Mom, Dad, Ray