We lost another beloved family member today, My Uncle Jack. As alot of you know, it has been a VERY rough year for the Yaegar side of the family. Ruthie and Jack had 3 kids. Marlene, who we lost just a few years ago, Dennis, who we lost this summer and Perry is the only living sibling. Ruthie, passed away a few months ago, and today, After Jack's passing , that leaves just Perry. So our hearts and thoughts go out to him, and everybody in our whole family.
Keeps sending my family members invitations to heaven and I don't like it :( We lost another beloved family member today, My Uncle Jack. As alot of you know, it has been a VERY rough year for the Yaegar side of the family. Ruthie and Jack had 3 kids. Marlene, who we lost just a few years ago, Dennis, who we lost this summer and Perry is the only living sibling. Ruthie, passed away a few months ago, and today, After Jack's passing , that leaves just Perry. So our hearts and thoughts go out to him, and everybody in our whole family. It's only been 20 days since we lost Grandma and while it isnt easier, I know her, Ruthie, Jack and my Grandpa are all happy to be together once again. Love you all.
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The weather could not have been more beautiful this weekend and we sure did take advantage of it. We had a relaxing ( Pizza & Monopoly to be exact ) night in on Friday night so that we were well rested for Saturday! We woke up early and spent the day at the beach. Todd + Amy + Jordyn + No clouds = The Perfect Day. Jordyn went to Grandma's for the night and we went out to celebrate Jilly's 28th birthday. We love you and Jilly and had so much fun :) And as March comes to an end - I can't believe how much April brings us to look forward to :
A bridal shower, a bachelorette party, an entire GIRLS-WEEKEND, Celebrating two of our favorite couples tie the knot, a Jason Mraz concert, a Besties birthday, Easter and much much more :) It will be busy but memorable for sure! Love to all! :) I pride myself on alot. I pride myself on being a good mother, a good daughter, a good wife, but most of all, a damn good friend. I believe you have to be a good friend to have good friends, and boy do I have the best.
Over the past few weeks, some of my closest and best friends have confided in me about personal stuff, and have told me the deepest darkest secrets imaginable, stuff they haven't told anybody. One of them last week even started the sentence with "Your the first person im telling". Do you know whats so rewarding to me? Hearing that. I trust my friends and love ( of course ) when they can keep one of my secrets. But NOTHING means more to me than when somebody trusts me. Isn't that what life is all about? TRUST and FAITH? How some people just live a lie..boggles my mind. All in all, point is..im thankful for you, and for those who have their trust in me..because you know, my mouth will always be sealed :) I've been a little behind these past few days - things have been pretty busy around here!
We had a great week. St Patty's day Jordyn and I celebrated with a playdate, with miss Jolee and Jessica, and for dinner I made homemade beer bread and shepards pie! Todd had some green beer and I made my wine green too ;) The weekend was pretty great also. The normal. Lots of family ( dinner with Pop-pop and uncle Randy, a sleepover and playtime with Grandma and Great Aunt Cindy, and pancakes and lots of hugs with Papa George ), had a beautiful beach day with my best friends, a date night, some new inside jokes with Todd ( My "A-C-KEEPER" ) , an AMAZING dinner with our favorite parents-to-be, and some major home improvements...well, kinda. We finally traded and upgraded some of our cleaning products - and BOY am I excited! The dyson ball and the shark steam mop make me one happy house wife :) Oh the little things in life that make me excited. We are in the process of switching over all of our files & pictures from one computer to another so it will be a few days for pictures - but there are some exciting ones to come :) A random thought for today. Todd, Jordyn and myself attend so many parties. I mean, I can probobly name about 10 in the past 6 months we have gone to. Do you know literally, only id say, 2-3 of those I have received thank you cards? I know some people get busy, and not everybody believes in them ( crazy..but..it happens ), but Its just so weird to me! I mean, yea, if my mom buys Jordyn a fun outfit, or a friend sees a cute book for her, I won't hand write a thank you card...but bridal showers? baby showers? birthday parties? I dunno. Maybe its just me, but in the past few years we seem to receive less and less of them. That was the line on just one of the cards i recieved today. I am overwelmed with the love and support from everybody. With every card I recieve, the tears flow but it just makes it that much more real what a special person my grandma was.
"May the light of your best memories, enrich all your days" These past few days, life has really taken me by surprise. I feel like I have learned more in 5 days, than I have in...well, as long as I can remember. Life really is about LOVE. The love of family, and the love of friends, and by gosh, I have the best of both worlds. I always knew I had the best friends - and when times are tough, they remind me over and over again, just how special they are. When my grandma passed, everything else was set aside - it was all about my feelings and they were there 100%. They dragged me out of the house ( and Im so thankful for that ) for a late night dinner. We cried, laughed and talked and it was just what I needed for those few hours. ( Thanks Todd BTW ;) ). The phone calls have been non stop, Jilly and Scott drove from PGA for Shiva, Kelly came straight from one of the biggest days of her life, and Nicole, took the time to mail me a hand written sympathy card and the list goes on. My mom ( who truly is my best friend ) always told me how much she adored my friends and loved them as much as they were her own. She was right - they really are the best :) As terrible as the past few days have been, and the circumstances were not what we wanted - All of the family time spent just warmed my heart. We always knew, but now more than ever realize how truly lucky we are. 15 of us all live within 10 miles of each other - Many families can't say that. The Fowlers have also been amazing throughout this whole thing. Helped supply the food for shiva, and the entire family came to both the service and shiva - and I know my whole entire family appreciated that so much, I know i did. So now, we are just trying to move on and get back to reality. We will never forget Grandma, we will never not be sad, we just will get back to our everday lives and try to do what she would want - for us to be HAPPY. I have to thank Todd for doing everything he can to keep me smiling. Whether its been the surprise shopping spree or my favorite take-outs, he really has gone above and beyond. I love you, babe. Yesterday, March 9th 2011, at 8:30am - Grandma decided it was her time to go, and be with her friends, her family, and most of all, her soulmate, my grandpa. The anniversary of his passing was just the day before, that just shows the true love between them <3 It was a long hard few weeks, but the family pulled through and was really there for one another. I think some people say it makes it easier when you "know" its coming, im not so sure about that. I thought so at first, but it never makes it easy when you lose someone you love SO much..and man, I LOVE HER. The one thing that will keep me strong is knowing this is what she wanted. She lived a long, HAPPY, fufilling life - got to see and do alot of things and always had family there to make her smile. She was just so tired and didnt want to be in pain anymore. We love you to the moon Grandma, we all do. Give grandpa, ruthie, dennis, marlene, and the rest of the missed family a big hug and kiss from all of us. I will see you someday... <3 I love you. { One thing I am beyond thankful for is the time she got to spend with her first great grandchild. They sure did love each other and ALWAYS will } First, I wanted to start off by wishing Jordyn's great PAPA a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jordyn loves you, and misses you tons! We can't wait to see you soon. On a sad note, My Grandma, is very tired and doesn't have much left in her to fight. Things went downhill pretty fast and with my grandmas wishes, and the dr's advice, Hospice was now called in. Grandma is in a beautiful room, where our entire family ( including Jordyn ) can come and go as we please 24 hours a day, she can eat/drink whatever she wants, and just spend however long god wants her here still...comfortable. As much as alot of us maybe don't understand, or just don't want to believe...this is what she wants. She wants to be peaceful and enjoy her time here left. We love you so much, and will be by your side every minute we can. <3 Mothers Day 2009Today was your typical Thursday. Well, in the world of Amy Fowler it was typical. Had to wake up Jordyn because god bless her she sleeps until 8:30 everyday. Headed off to River-tots, where Jordyn for some reason had one of the worst melt downs I have ever seen. Poor girl is getting sick - I can just see it in her face { running boogies everywear do tell alot }. Then to the mall where I purchased the cutest thing I've ever seen. You know that song "She...wore...an...itsy bitsy teeny weenie"..Well you know the rest. Hello Summer! ( Bathing suit is from Gymboree - with a 20% off coupon I scored this cutie for 18 bucks! ) I love being content. It's the one thing I can say 100%. Im happy and im CONTENT and I think one of the reasons for that is I have always been excited to have things to look forward to. That fuels my fire. I just took a glance at my calendar and realized how much I have going on and im so excited and grateful for it all. Just a small glimpse of what my next few weeks and months look like : Evans going away party, girls night out at The Melting Pot ( with the 3 best friends anybody could ask for ), Family pictures, Jordyn starting ballet, Breakfast with Courtney, A long awaited playdate with 2 beautiful babies..and the mommies of course, A Bachelorette party, 3 weddings, An "Ex wedding", another family Disney trip, Jason Mraz, Taylor Swift, and the list goes on. Mostly, im looking forward to more time with the loves of my life. So many things and PEOPLE lately have made me realize how truly lucky I am, and I will NEVER take that for granted. I havent talked about this much - not to my friends, or on facebook, only because, I was just so scared and never knew what was going to happen. My grandma has been in CCU ( Critical care unit ) for 2 weeks now. Basically living and breathing off machines. God decided that he wanted her to stay a while longer, and today, she was able to come off the ventilator and breathe on her own! So finally tonight when I do my hospital visit, I will be able to tell her I love her - and this time, hear it back! Im so thankful you are better grandma! Now come home so Jordyn can come to your house and eat all of your cookies!!!!
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Author Im your everyday full time mommy ( to the most beautiful kids in the world. Jordyn 3 1/2 and Kole Michael - 18 months old and wife to the most THOUGHTFUL guy in the world - Todd ). My moms my best friend and we talk 100 times a day, I have an incredible family, and the best friends any girl could have. Some people think its not possible to be this happy, well, Im sorry you feel that way :) This life may not be perfect, but it's PERFECT for me! Archives
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