The note reads:
I was just looking at your blog
March 23, 2011, Peyton is trying to hola hoop, Your comment was something
about her hips, so I played it like 10 times, and laughed harder each time.
You really need to update your blog,
I am kinda scared to tell you that, as I read in one blog about someone (me)
bugging to to update as I was bored, and you then listed your day from
hell. Still funny.
Thanks for the laughs and memories.
Lois
So, I am once again reminded that I need to update the blog! And what if I don't????
Well, I suppose I will look back another year from now and say.......
"What on earth happened from August 24, 2012 till November 8, 2012!"
"How could I miss blogging the first day of school! Home Coming! Halloween! First Day of Girl Scouts! And on and on!"
Well don't you fear, I have the photos, I am just lacking the time!
A tease.......
Peyton's first day of Kindergarten
Ah, yes, she is in Kindergarten!
Waiting for the bus.......
A cool pose with the Harley Davidson Sign
And she is off!
No kidding!
They didn't have backdrops like this when I was in school!
Sheesh, they only did head shots, look at this! You can see her hand and her whole profile!
Nice picture baby girl! We are very proud of the pride in her smile and eyes!
DJ's first day of Preschool.
Oh, yeah, he is old enough for Preschool and he LOVES it!
This is the proof! This is in the lunch room at Randolph!
Look at this, he even has a classroom, classmates and a teacher!
Whew!
I had a very touching experience today:
It started about a month ago.
We are adding a sales office for our Sales Director at work.
Construction guy finally shows up, yesterday.
No worries, he was only about 2 weeks late.
No big deal, it is just an office and we are just trying to work around the tore up space.
Yesterday, I bring in a HVAC guy to quote some HVAC work.
HVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning for those of you that are wondering.
So I get my regular HVAC Maintenance guy to quote.
My construction guy says: "Oh hey, I was going to have my guy quote it too, you might as well get a comparison"
Sure, let's do that.
He says "XX is a really good guy, he will probably give us a good price"
Note, I am using XX to create suspense.
Well, construction guys calls XX and tells him there is someone special up here that would love to see you. I am in complete awe of the fact that construction guy knows XX, there are many other HVAC people far closer to the cities than XX is.
XX shows up today to give a quote.
I greet XX and he asks for Bobby (my boss).
I asked him "How have you been?"
I get a cheap response of "Good, is Bobby here"
I say "You don't recognize me do you?"
"Nope"
"It's me, Erica."
"Oh My Goodness" he says and I give him a big hug!
We catch up on a few things and have some good conversation.
This person has touched my life and nobody knew how much till today, when I finally decided to share this Angel with everyone.
I show him around, he preps a quote. He leaves, without another word.
My phone rings this afternoon.......
It is XX.
He is in tears and explains how I am a wonderful person and how it was a true pleasure to see me today. He then proceeds to tell me how he woke up this morning and said a prayer:
"Dear God, please grant me the strength to get through today"
Thirteen years ago today, the very minute I gave him the hug, his son took his own life.
I was his Angel for today.
I had no idea. I knew of the loss, but not the timing.
And I hugged him out of shear love and compassion, no reason other than it just felt like the right thing to do. Never hugged him before in my life, but his kindness and spirit have really touched me in ways I can't explain, so I had to hug him.
Over the past few years I have come to know him and have some pretty nice conversations about life, God, and how it is too short to take it for granted.
Today, I helped give him the strength to get through the day.
Today, he helped give me the strength to believe in God and that it is all in God's hands.
Erling, you have made me a better person.
Our random conversation's over the years have been very fulfilling and touching.
You give me the strength!
You are my Angel, here on Earth.
Erling, you are in my prayers today and I promise to keep in touch as we have in the past.
Dear Lois:
I believe in God.
I believe he puts everything in front of us for a reason.
He gives us challenges that we may find unfair, he also grants us the strength to get through it and help others through it too.
We may question his reasoning at times, we need to trust he knows what he is doing.
We will continue to love those that surround us and pray for those that worry us.
We will all get through it and then be granted another challenge.
Being strong is what he made US!
Lois, you show me strength daily, and the feather on your shoulder is your Angel!
I love you.
Erica
He touched me today.
