Today last year we were spending our last hours together with Wyatt. I am so thankful for those days preceding Wyatt's departure. And I'm glad for all the special things we did, the motorcycle trip, the camping trip, the picnics with friends, the family photos Nancy took, The get together with Rave's and especially that our family of six was all together happy. It could have been different. Today, Kyla is here for the weekend. I'm so glad! Our girls are our whole world. Greg is trying out his new smoker today, making pulled pork for supper. It is a beautiful day. Kyla had a dream last night that maybe she will post. Wyatt got to come home for a day with the promise that he wouldn't tell about heaven. Well, true to form he couldn't help himself. He told us in his dream how great it was. I believe it is. And soon enough we'll all be there too. The memories are soothing for me today. Sometimes they are unbearably sad, but not today. I'm thankful for the peace I feel for now. There are so many changes all around us. Time marches on without Wyatt. We are all still in the parade. But I know he waits expectantly for us. And just as we yearn for him to still be here, he anticipates our entry to the next place. As I look back on all the friends that have reached out to us, and who loved Wyatt too, I realize how fortunate Wyatt was to have such wonderful people around him wherever he went. You are really all amazing! Thank you for all you have shared with us. Wyatt's love for all of you still radiates around you. Just as I wrote that a dragonfly flew up to the patio window. Amazing coincidence! Love is eternal, of that I have no doubt. Carry love into the world without ceasing. Love, Jeannie

I remember one 4th of July when we all camped down at Lewis and Clark, I think it was 1998. Wyatt and I wandered away from the campsite so we could see the stars better and laid down to look at them. The sky was so enormous and there were SO many stars out. We talked about how huge everything was, and wondered what else was out there. You know how Wyatt loved to speculate about everything under the sun, we were doing a LOT of mulling and speculating. It was fun. I remember going back to work at the country club the next week and talking to my boss, Nate, about our little brothers and how smart they were.