Over the years, Marty and my sister, Jill, have been together we have spent many wonderful times and occasions with Marty's Mom, Dad, and sister, Kami, along with her family. We have celebrated weddings, birthdays, graduations, holidays, or simply just getting together for dinner or to say hello.
My family loved Mark, Marty's Dad, very much. He was a wonderful human being so full of energy and life. I use to love to listen to him talk and would chuckle at the glee he would show in his love for things.
He was always so great to my girls and when they would see him they would throw their arms around him and want to be with him. To say I am heartbroken at his passing does not seem enough. It is hard to realize I will not have the opportunity in the near future to listen to Mark some more and see the smile on his face and just be around him. He was a true gentleman until the end and I am still in awe of how he handled his illness with so much dignity and courage. My whole family misses him already very much.
When we told Jordan and Katelyn that Mark had passed away and is in Heaven now, they both got very sad. They still mention him in their prayers at dinner time. Both girls were so cute recently after eating dinner at Luby's. They were given balloons at dinner. When we walked outside with the balloons, they both let them go and said they were sending them to Heaven for Angel Mark!
Below is a picture taken for Valentine's Dinner 1 1/2 years ago of us together. I will miss him!
My sisters were in town for Mark's memorial service and Kara was able to stay the weekend. The girls had a nice time with her over the weekend which helped with our sadness.
Cooking breakfast Sunday morning.
Aunt Kara reading to Katelyn one of her current favorite books, The Skeleton Hiccups.
Family time together on Sunday. Family time is always so important but when you lose someone you love and care about, being together and spending family time together - one realizes how truly special this is.