Today would be my son
Joe’s 28th birthday.
I remember when he
was born, the nurses told me “you deserve this boy”. This made me smile. He indeed make me smile.
There is so many
happy moments I want to remember of Joe.
One such memory comes to mind.
All my children were really into the beaded art kits, in the summer of
2000. The kits were much like these:
They all made so many
projects with them, this gave them something fun to do during the summer
months. Using the beads in the kit, Joe
made a monarch butterfly, much like this one:
On the morning of my birthday in 2000 I got
into my car to go to work and I found the monarch beaded butterfly that Joe had
made on the inside windshield of my car with a suction cup. This melted my heart and I thought it was so
sweet and thoughtful of him especially at such a young age to think of such a
gesture.
When Joe passed away
in April of 2008, while heavy in my grief, a monarch butterfly landed on my
shoulder while I was walking with my Mom.
Several days later, the memory of Joe placing that beaded monarch
butterfly in my car came to my mind. I
feel in my heart that it was God’s way of telling me Joe is ok.
Still to this day, a
monarch butterfly will show up in unexpected places.
Thank you for
visiting. Have a blessed day.
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