Some Lost Photos Found!

Through the years of divorces and movings, much of my past was lost. Many photos of my childhood just disappeared, leaving me with a sadness. I have felt like a 'man without a country' so to speak. All memories of my life before Jon slowly dissolving. But a few days ago, Jon was cleaning in the basement and found some old pictures. These were included in them.

Me on January 27, 1971 at my sister's birthday party

This was taken of me at Easter, 1958


December 7, 1958

And most importantly, my Dad's graduation picture

School Cutie!

I had to post Natlie's 1st school picture. We just love it! School is going great. Her teachers say that she has so much energy ~ she's always laughing and singing and dancing.

She is our Joy!

Update from the front

Well, things are starting to get back to normal, finally. Jon's grandfather has been ill for quite a while and we have been driving back and forth(with Jon's mom)from Lansing to Bangor, MI - about 2 1/2 hours one way - almost every weekend for a year. He took a turn for the worse about a month ago and since then we have been going a couple times a week. On the 29th, we were told that it could be hours, so Jon and his mom went to stay. Grandpa passed away early in the morning of the 31st. It's been a rough few days.

It's so hard to explain things to Natalie, because she is still too young to really get it. But she does know that her Poppy is gone. We told her that he was very sick (which she knew) and that he went to live with Jesus (and Elvis, one of our cats) in Heaven. She seemed to accept this. But at the funeral, she walked in and saw the coffin up close and personal. She asked who the man was and Jon's aunt told her that it was just a man. She turned around and walked out, never discussing it again. Infortunately, she had sleep issues, behavior issues and potty training issues. She had sleepwalking/night terrors for a couple of nights. Thankfully, she did sleep all night last night. We will see what tonight brings. The other issues are getting back to normal, as well. Ok, maybe not the behavior issues, but I think some of them are just normal 3 year old sassymouth.