Good morning Eric / Mom 06/18/2009
It has been a while since I have "written to you". Things are a bit busy here, but you are always on my mind. Jim and I finally got to the nursery and got a pot of flowers for you and one for Darryl. I am not supposed to be riding around since my surgery, but I needed to get the flowers up there. It just doesnt feel right if they are not there. The weather has been so rainy lately. The kids got to go swimming on Monday and Tuesday, but it has been raining the last couple days. Only in Buffalo do we get April showers (and temperatures) in June.
Last weekend I sat here and re-read all of the earlier tributes from when I first started this site for you. Needless to say, it was a sad day. But also, I can look back and see how far everyone has come since that time. I still miss you more than ever, but now when I think of you, I think more of the happier times. We are having Jake's graduation party next weekend and then he leaves the next day to move to NJ. He has the opportunity to go to a technical school in Ohio, already paid, for his welding. He, of course, doesnt want to go because he has a girlfriend in NJ. I remember when you were sitting out on the back porch here and told me that you regretted not going to Medaille and checking out their basketball program when they asked you to. I guess I will just have to let Jake make his own decision (which I know he will regret in time).
We have alot of cherries on your cherry tree in the front yard. The kids are waiting patiently for them to turn red so that they can eat them. I miss you so much Eric and wish you were here to see Emily, Lucas, Ethan, Caoilainn, and to meet Elijah. He has your name, but will never know Uncle Eric. Emily still talks about you and I am pretty sure she still misses you. The other day Caoilainn saw the tattoo that I have in your honor and asked what it said. I told her it was your name. She started talking about you, that you were my son, and that you went to Heaven. She asked how you got to Heaven. Then she said becaues of a car accident. We will never know what their lives would have been like to have you still with us, but I do talk to them about you alot so that they can still have your presence in their hearts.
I love you and miss you Eric.
Love, Mom
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