Kalamazoo this one is for you Dad~ Lori

ABCDEF...I GOT A GAL IN KALAMAZOO. I got lost along the way...dad and today I am really missing you and wish your were hear to clarify a few things and ease my worries. You never realize as a small child that its not the stuff, but the stuff, that you'll remember most. Those bed time moments of tucking in, one more story pleazze, one more song, one more bicycle exercise rotation and a little tickle. This piece was done for my dad, and one of my favorite memories of time spent together...singing.

This is a notebook collage that I started sometime ago, with a precious underlying photo of my babies and the words to our special song. You never got to see Jacks full tuff of curly hair or how independent Miss Mary's spirit is, nor how much she looks like mom. I know you would have loved watching her grow and I saw how much you loved her in the moments you got to share with each other. You called me "spunky", well dad she is 100% spunky! Even more than I was ever allowed to be. She is a big free spirit. And every time she called Michael, Didddie, didddy, I thought of how you said those were the sweetest and most favorite words you ever heard and how you would always remember how that made you feel, Well the diddy, diddys, are fading and I now hear her whisper dad more , she is growing and Jack too, faster than we'd like. The kids are shinny bright spirits and I pray will always remain open. I promise not to stop singing even when they get embarrassed, which yes, they already have on some days.

Today when I opened my note book on this I declared it needed to be finished so I polished it with some coper hearts and my symbolic bubbles and named it done. If you are up there somewhere please rain down some love, hope and light on my family.
We are such good people and could really use a little extra help.

I love you Diddie Diddie, Dad!