A Promise Kept and Memories in the Making

Summer is quickly approaching and we are filling our weekends up with fun, family and friends. It kicks off this coming weekend with a trip to Houston and the Kemah Boardwalk. None of us have been and it looks like fun. We are hoping B-man will be able to go on some of the rides. We have to be in H-town anyway to drop off our travel trailer at a consignment center to sell...long story there. I will save that one for a future blog. The next weekend is the fulfillment of a promise made to my beautiful friend, Carrie, as she was dying. She called me over to ask two favors. The first was to make sure that her oldest daughter, who is a high school senior, had a really great graduation party. That one was easy, of course I would! The second one took some careful consideration. She asked that if anything should happen to her husband, would we be the guardians for their twin 13 year old daughters? Wow, she was trusting us to care for her girls? That was quite a compliment that they would entrust us with their children. It was also a huge responsibility. We had already survived one teenage girl, could we manage to make it through two of them? After some careful consideration, we decided that, yes, we could.

Next Saturday is Jade's graduation party and we are having it here at our house since they will be playing host in their own home to out of town guests. The next day, being Sunday, we will drive to our home town to pick up little Moo baby and take her on an adventure to Oklahoma where we will stay in a cabin, go fishing and drive through a safari type park where the animals come up to your car window and eat from a bucket. We are all excited about the weeks events. I am looking forward to seeing everything through her two and a half year old eyes. She is an extremely bright and verbal child who can recall experiences with great flourish. She also pays close attention to detail so she will often recall something that I completely missed. That week will wrap up on a Thursday and we will have Friday and Saturday to spend with my mom, Buddy's dad and our daughter. We will come back home on Sunday and have five days to regroup before trekking yet again to our hometown for Moo baby's third birthday party. She is excited about this as it will be held at her favorite place, Chuck.E.Cheese.

Yes, it will be a busy couple of weeks and if your recall from one of my earlier posts that travelling with B-man is no easy feat. It requires much planning. However, it is well worth the trouble to see him light up with the recognition that he is going to see his gammie. Let's not forget the cruise that is still in the planning stages, to be taken later in the summer or early fall. (Not to be confused with the other one being planned for our thirtieth anniversary) We have cruised with B-man before and found it to be a most enjoyable vacation. Since the wheelchair accessible staterooms are significantly larger than their standard counterparts, it is also a bonus to have him with us. Yes, he is definately a bonus and not just because of the room.

I love making memories. They are an important part of the human psyche. Losing Carrie has made me more acutely aware of just how important it is to make memories with the people you love. Long after the event is over the memories will remain. This summer will be hard for me because in the past, Carrie and I would while away the days lounging by the pool, going to lunch or perusing our local TJ Maxx. I miss her dearly and on the bad days, I rely on my memories with her for comfort. I am hoping that time spent with us will build memories for Moo baby so one day when we are no longer here she will remember us. This summer is the beginning of our memories in the making.

~Ginger~