On Monday I had to provide some muscle (Ha) for Linda who had responded to a CraigsList ad for someone needing a rooster. Her rooster Roo is going to be in a documentary film about a man that lives on the beach making a living by hunting and gathering. Roo did his part in just one or two takes :-)
When we got home Da Da and JH were in the back-yard and Jh was on his swing-set, he saw me and started running towards me with arms extended yelling "Daddy, Daddy, I missed you". It was like a Hal-mark commercial, I scooped him up and gave him hugs and kisses while he tightly wrapped his arms around my neck and kissed me like crazy. Man do I love this child!!
After work on Monday we went to MI City for dinner and had Mexican food. JH was so exhausted from his ride home from Gramma's and playing in the yard that he fell asleep on the way to the restaurant. He was sweet when we woke him and a pretty good boy at dinner. On the way home JH sang A B C and a variety of other songs. Da Da said that when they were driving Lady Ga Ga came on and JH yelled, "IT'S LADY GA GA".
Hugs, kisses, and off to bed for our sleepy little boy.
Tuesday JH woke-up and came in to snuggle and climbed all over us until we finally got up. We had French Toast for breakfast and JH was off to Carly's house. He was carrying a bag of Cherry Tomatoes to bring to them and jumped the last step and Boom Ding (Gramma), they were all over the garage floor. I wasn't upset but JH must have thought I would be, so I got a few "I love you Daddy" and hugs :-)
Tuesday night was good other than JH not wanting to go to bed at 7:30 PM when we had enough of Mr happy feet.
On Wednesday morning Da Da kept JH busy in the morning while I kept busy with work. Late in the morning we got a call from Gramma V and it wasn't good; Gramma Junker was failing fast and we needed to get packed and in the car. We were about 100 miles from Orion when we got a call that we had lost Gramma Junker. She was such a sweet and loved woman, Jonathan always talks about her and trying to explain why Da Da was crying wasn't easy. We told him that Gramma Junker passed away and he said "why" and every answer we gave him he followed with "why". He's too young to really understand but one day we'll have to explain where is Mommy is too; with Gramma Junker :-)
Thursday has been a blur with running around getting things finalized and ready for the next few days of the viewing and funeral. This is all too familiar for me losing my brother Gene 18 months ago. I know that we'll never get over the people we lose, and it doesn't get easier like many people say; we just get more used to it.
It's Thursday afternoon and JH and Gramma are taking a nap. I need this time to reflect on all the loss and pain we're all feeling. I'm going to try and focus on all the joy and wonderful people we have in our lives. That little boy upstairs snuggling with Gramma is a pretty good start.
Friday afternoon the boys set out to have lunch and Gramma stayed home to finally have a little peace. Grandpa, JH, Da Da and I had a nice lunch (thank you Grandpa) and did a little shopping at The Walmart. We expect several people to drop by after the service on Sunday so we needed to stock-up on beer, water, and soda.
I laid down with JH at about 4:00 PM to try to get him to nap and after scolding, a light butt slap, and finally ignoring him he said "Daddy, can I lay on your arm?" and in minutes he was snoring in my ear. I kept looking over at him thinking that I'm the luckiest man in the world to have his drool running down my arm.
I think I lost a day because I either don't remember too much of Saturday or some of my Friday update is blurred in to Saturday.
Today is Sunday and we had the viewing for Gramma Junker today. JH is being a little "off" with all the confusion and being away from home for so long. We have the funeral tomorrow and then there is some business to tend to on Tuesday. With luck we'll be in our own beds on Tuesday night and Jonathan Harper will be swinging on his play-set on Wednesday morning.
Not sure how I missed this; thought it seemed like more than one week had gone by.
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