Senior Awards Day 2012

Last Friday was Senior Awards Day at Airport High School.  It was a good day and so proud of Addie.  The honors and cords with her graduation robe is just another display of her hard work and effort to be the best she can be.  So excited about all the wonderful experiences she will have in the next several years. 

At the same ceremony, 3 Airport High School students were recipients of the The Cindy Wilkerson Memorial Scholarship and the AHS Cindy Wilkerson Spirit for Airport Scholarship.

The week begins...

So later today we gather with a few of those that love you so and celebrate you.  We will laugh, we will cry but most of all we will remember.  There are so many wonderful things to remember that it's hard to know where to start.  This week also brings our annual trip to Edisto for our Beaufort and Charleston boat rides for Memorial Weekend.  And yes, Cindy, we'll ride by "your" house on the water as we enter Charleston and smile at how many times you mentioned you love that house.  We'll make new memories as this is Addie's first year to go, Anna's inaugural trip was last year.  We'll take pictures, we'll smile, we'll cry, we'll remember, we'll begin to heal.  But, really, it's because of you that we'll be together-just another of those times that you created and tradition that you started and we get to benefit from so once again Thanks Sista and I love you!

This pic is from Sally - WTF? (Modern Family Version)

Mother's Day

Here's to you Cindy, today I celebrate Mom and Mammaw but I also celebrate you.  You knew that being a mom to Anna and Addie was your most precious calling in life.  It meant the world to you and you were good at it!  Of course, when we were younger you were like a mom to me.  Feeding me on your lap with a baby spoon when I was 7 or 8, worrying I would get hurt wrestling with Mike, or waiting up when I was out on a date.  You were nurturing from the time you were little and it just grew as you did.  We all miss you so much and certainly wish you were here with us to celebrate you.  But we will still do it in our own way.  When situations arise I often think about how you would handle it and try to live by it.  Happy Mother's Day to all moms, you are special!

So it's May-

It still doesn't seem real!  I think of Cindy so many times a day every day and I just get this feeling that the feeling will remain.  I so often think of calling or wanting to tell her something and then it's right back there in the front of my head that even though I can talk to her she won't "physically" respond.  We are all trying to find our way, to deal with our loss but sometimes it feels so heavy.  I know I for one find comfort and peace on my front porch or working in the yard.  I'm thankful for the time of year that I can enjoy the outdoors.  I'm thankful that I can talk about Cindy to others and feel so much pride about who she was and how she impacted me.  I'm thankful for good family around me to love and support.  That Mom makes my favorite cake and brings it to school so I can share with my lunch bunch.  I'm very thankful for Sally and how she hurts right along with me.  She allows me to talk when I want to talk and that it's ok not to too.  I'm thankful for friends like Jonathan and Ashley who come to celebrate Birthdays and friendships.  That they are willing to bring Emirie to spread so much joy and love with us.
So this morning....as crazy as May is I think of you, Cindy, and all those people that support me and love me and I feel thankful!!  Miss you Sista!