April 11, 2013 is a date that will be with us always. But the same rings true to so many other dates. Dates that come with so many cherished memories!
Like the high school/college days that carry so many memories I feel like I lived them myself through all of the stories told!
To the days we visited each other when we lived in Connecticut! From finding the one and only cool restaurant in town to eat dinner at, to hitting golf balls in the back yard, to Joe permanently destroying my Oreo cake.
To our drives back to MA, because we wouldn't dare miss a Vitaglino Halloween party, just to drive back that night and go to work the next day.
To our "whale watching" days! Or should I say, "toilet hugging" days!
To our many BBQ's!
To celebrating holidays together!
To nights of hitting up Friendly's and stuffing our stomachs with endless amounts of ice cream!
To noticing half way through the night that we were dressed as twins!
And to the countless nights we fell asleep long before the party was over since our husbands insisted on being the last ones to leave!
To the day we spent wishing Joe safe travels on this adventure to Ireland!
To the nights we rang in the New Year together!
To the days of shock that our husbands asked us to marry them, rather than marring each other!
To the days we said our, I Do's! To trying the hyped up Smooth King for the first time! To the many nights we spent celebrating others saying their I Do's!
To the days of meeting Eric for the first time! And Eric doing a number on Jeff's shirt!
To the days of meeting Sara for the first time!
To the days of us meeting Hannah for the first time! And to Eric and Hannah sharing their first kiss!
Dina, these are memories we will keep with us forever! We will not remember April 11 as any other date, then the day that you started to live within us. To be honest, I feel as if you are a part of us now more than ever. Before we had time apart, now we do not. Not a day goes by that you aren't thought of, missed, or loved! We love you Dina and Tag!
Love,
Us
6 comments:
Oh Jen. I can barely see the screen right now through these tears. Leave it to you to come up with such a beautiful way to express all of this. That last part about her living within us...man that really got me. It's hard to remember that in the midst of the sadness. I look at those pictures with such shock....because I scroll through....forgetting that she is gone - or maybe just wishing that she weren't. She was so full of life and it is all I see in those pictures. What a wonderful tribute to the way she would want us to be thinking about her. XOXOXO
Damn you Jen! Why did I read this at work?!
Such a great post! I needed this. Perfect tribute to a great great person
Beautiful memories, substitute these memories when the sadness strikes, and yes, Dina will be with us always..we are blessed
Hi Jenn and Paul,
This was awesome. So many great pictures of Dina, happy and healthy. I still can't believe she is gone. I am still finding it hard to formulate a sentence about her passing. She loved you guys both so much. I hope you are all doing well in Florida. I think about you guys a lot. Hope to see you soon! :)
Jen...this is amazing. I love it so much. Thank you for doing this. My only concern is that when you were whale watching an actual whale hopped up on the boat wearing a yellow shirt. That must have been terrifying.
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