One Year

Thanks to our friends we survived the one year anniversary. I will be forever grateful to all of you who reached out to us. It truly lifted the heavy cloak of grief last week. The cards, emails, flowers, gifts, and visits came totally unexpected. We felt embraced. Wyatt felt a part of it all. Thank You! Kyla was able to come home for the weekend. It was so good to be together. Saturday was a beautiful sunny day. Greg got helium balloons. I wrote up a short message about Wyatt with our address asking them to write if they found the note and tied them to the balloons. Greg, Kyla, LeeAnn, Joslyn, Jasmine, Hunter, Jackson Wyatt, and I took the balloons to the Mother's Healing Garden. Greg said a few words and we sent them off. It was so beautiful! The laminated notes were like mirrors reflecting the sunlight. They rose into the blue sky flashing light as they went. We watched them as they disappeared. It was such a perfect metaphor of Wyatt's spirit. He is so free and still flashing his light in our lives. And even though we can't see him again while we are here, he is with us all the same. Even when our eyes could no longer see those balloons they were still flying to some far away destination. It was a wonderful way to celebrate Wyatt's life.
Jeremy spent a lot of time with us this weekend too. It was so good to share Wyatt, his journals, his pictures, his childhood things. So much of Wyatt's childhood was shared with Jeremy. Kyla and Jeremy stayed up late in the basement talking and reminiscing the past. It was good. Thank you Jeremy!
Today I went to the cemetary to see the garden and stopped by Wyatt's gravesite. Someone had left a grab bag of candy and trinkets. It was so great! Wyatt is so alive in all of our memories. Thank you for remembering him and please, please, please never stop talking about him. We always love to hear his name. We love all of you. -Jeannie