Springtime in Ohio???

Okay I am just feeling a little humorous today. I should have posted these pictures on April Fools day. These were taken when Jessica was home for John's funeral. As a California girl she was able to enjoy the the Ohio snow despite the circumstances by spending a little time with her Dad cross country skiing out on the golf course. The pictures were still on the camera last week when I started taking some new pictures of AJ. I had forgotten all about them. I don't think Jessica or Steve even saw them.

And actually now the weather is finally begining to feel a little springlike. We saw the first golfers on the course yesterday and the trees and grass are showing more shades of green than brown. The significance of the Easter holiday and the natural rebirth of everything in the spring is definitely helping the mental spirits. Vacation is not far off and both Steve and I will be glad to get away together and continue our healing process.

Again we both are so grateful to all of our family and friends. This has proven to be a time when the words "thank you" in no way begin to express our feelings. I can only promise that we will pay it forward.

I am in a good mood today but as I was closing I looked at some of my quotes and saw this one. Perhaps you will understand a parents grief at losing a child a little more after reading it.

"Making the decision to have a child — it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."