Mom's 1st Birthday in Heaven...

I just want to start off by saying that I had such a great day today... I have been dreading today since before mom died. With all of my friends and family by my side, how could this of been a bad day? Of course it was sad... it was missing something huge... but we still celebrated... we still enjoyed the beautiful sunshine... we still sang Happy Birthday. I believe that because we "Trust" we were blessed with today.

I wonder how mom celebrated her first birthday in Heaven? I wonder if she heard her grandkids singing Happy Birthday? I wonder if she got all those balloons the kids sent to her? Here are a few pictures from our afternoon celebrating mom...

The kids all had balloons that they wrote on for their grandma and nana. I didn't get a good picture with them holding them because I was trying to video tape that part. The kids held them and sang Happy Birthday and then let the balloons go and watched them until they couldn't see any of them. They believe that is when she got them in Heaven. This is the best picture I got of that part, I think I see a couple.

Not sure why her birthday and Mothers Day have to fall only a couple days a part but what a great time to remember her. She was such a beautiful person. I wrote her a letter in those final weeks; I was given the chance to tell her how much she meant to me as a mom, a best friend, and a hero. I feel so fortunate to have been able to tell her all of that.

She not only raised me to be the person I am today but she saved my life...

Happy Birthday Mom... I love you!