Brett's 26th B'day

Wishing Brett a happy b'day up in heaven.  Hope he's having the same kind of awesome birthdays he had here on earth!! No kid loved a big old birthday party more than Brett! Never a year passed where I didn't put together some bowling, Chucky Cheeser, scavenger hunt, piñata laden party for him. The most difficult part was "uninviting" the dozen of friends he would invite each year!! There wasn't a kid in his school who didn't love Brett and want to be at his parties. (It also didn't hurt that his mom was an award winning baker, know for ever increasingly tough birthday cakes per his request!!)
Enjoy this little pic of one of his favorite parties with his favorite person in the world, his "pretend sister", cousin Alexis. Love you guys both so much.

Sorry for the typos - Who changed Blogger? It's the worst!!

8th Angel Anniversary

Today Brett is 8 years an angel. I find that statement a little strange as I write it because I deeply felt that Brett was pretty much an angel the entire time I knew him. He light up my life, made me a better person, shared his love of life with everyone, did good works, cared for the poor and the ill, search for the good in all things...isn't that the definition of an angel? I think so. I know no better description of what an angel is than that description of Brett. He had all the best traits that you could ever ask for in a person. As I've said before he was what I would have liked to be when I grew up, good looking, smart and popular and with a heart as big as the universe.

In these 8 years I have grown to acknowledge and accept that Brett was not mine to keep. He was here for a reason much bigger than my needs. His reason for being was fulfilled and that was to save others from the danger of salvia. He had to leave in a most unexpected way but that was part of the heavenly plan. Mine is not to question why. I have great comfort in knowing that I packed his short life with what would be a whole lifetime of experiences. I don't know many teens who have been all over the world, hosteling all over the country, drove a 66 Mustang (if only for a short time!! I wasn't brave enough to give him my baby entirely!), played a vintage guitar and drum set, wore the coolest clothes, and just totally experienced every new moment as if it were his last. Brett knew how to live! I'm just so happy that I was here for the ride. My amazing boy, the best son ever, I miss you every single moment of the day.

Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince;


And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. ”