The Best Is Yet To Come...

 My Letter Of Intent...

I intend to Fly Away!

...BUT if that doesn't happen the way I've intended, the following are my wishes.

I want to be Cremated and then... Put my ashes in "Sheilagh's Garden"...

Sprinkled over 20 Minute Overlook... Down Duke Of Gloucester Street...

I DON'T want a funeral

I DON'T want a viewing

I DON'T want a celebration of life service 

I DON'T want you to grieve, 

I WANT you to LIVE

I WANT you to have a picnic with all of our kids and our grand kids and anyone else who wants to be there, just like our surprise picnic in May of 2022. 

Make memories,

Eat food, 

Take pictures,

Have a campfire,

Play volleyball

Reminisce, 

Make jokes,

PLANT A TREE,

Live, Laugh, Love, Forgive, Hug, Pray and don't ever, ever, ever drift apart from each other...

My greatest joy is when everyone is enjoying being together...

This is how I want you to celebrate my life.  

This is what I want...

I'll be watching  👀❤ 

Exit Plan! The Adventure Begins...

 January came and went before I could blink. Already three birthdays in the books for the new year. Taavi turned 5 years old on the 16th,  Lily was 2 years old on the 27th and Addie turned 4 years old on the 30th. We were not able to be at any of these birthdays in person but our hearts were there with them and we are grateful for face time, Marco Polo and cell phone technology, texting, you tube etc etc etc. Looking forward to moving home this summer and never missing another birthday as long as they are being had...

It's looking like our exit plan is coming to fruition. The apartment is soon going to be vacated and we will be moving in. This will be our last winter in North Carolina. Hope to be settling in to sticks and bricks by the time the new little one we affectionately call #18 arrives in June. We will spend the month of April in Williamsburg, visiting with Courtney, Jon and the kids on their Spring Break from school then heading home to PA to spend our Golden Years as they say. 

I pray we have golden years and not golden months or golden weeks... too many in our circle have begun their golden years only to leave this earth for eternity shortly thereafter. We have plans, We want to make fairy gardens, make memories and spend precious time with Johnny...Tell our kids we love them and how proud we are of them and we want to watch our grandchildren grow up, meet milestones, have heart to hearts and learn to trust God for all that's important to them. 

We have things to do, places to go, people to love... the adventure has begun...