Beautiful flowers on a Beautiful day

9 years have not dimmed the loss we feel for you each and every day

You are missed, loved and remembered more than you know

 by so many

memories of you bring me joy

each and every day...

I love you Natalie

12 Years Ago Today...

You really did look like a Princess...

marrying her Prince

This is a fairly tale...

that will never end

Happy Anniversary

March 18 2000

One day a year...you can be whatever you want to be...

As you can see...Natalie loved Halloween and dressing up..
How I loved going
through photo's trying to find pictures
of her Halloween costumes
it brought
back so many fun memories!

Whatever you decide to be...
Have a Happy Halloween!

On this day 32 years ago...

We were so excited...

We were so prepared..

For this day... Your day..

32 years ago

Happy Birthday Natalie!

You are cordially invited...to remember

"Someday...when I'm awfully low

When the world is cold

I will feel a glow just thinking of you...

and the way you look tonight

lovely....never, ever change

keep that breathless charm

Won't you please arrange it

Cause I love you...

Just the way you look ...tonight"

Happy Anniversary Colby & Natalie

March.18.2000

What Could Have Been...

It's true. Sometimes I have thoughts of "What could have been".

(I must confess...as Stefanie would say)

Is that wrong?

I hope that its normal...to wonder what life would be like

...if Natalie were still here

I know she would LOVE this...

each time I see it...I sit there with goose bumps

(you know you do too)

I imagine how much Natalie would LOVE the music...

Love....the story

..Glinda...OH my...Natalie was a Glinda if there EVER was one..

She was soooo good....with such a little bit of "Wicked"

...just enough to make you giggle...

Enough to leave

"a handprint on my heart"

My Little White Dress~

melanie...

stefanie...

natalie...

and me in my

{ little white dress }

This little white dress is old, or I guess I would prefer words like "vintage" or "heirloom" although that conjours up thoughts of me being old and vintage and I really don't feel old or vintage, however, this is my little white dress that I wore when I turned one year old.

No need for me to clarify how old I am now, suffice it to say that this little white dress has been around for a while.

When Natalie turned one, I put her in my little white dress and had her picture taken in it...it never looked so beautiful and new....a heirloom tradition started back then. Stefanie and Melanie turned one and they too wore my little white dress. I had dreams of one day having granddaughters that would wear my little white dress as they turned one year old.

As I said in my previous post on how fast time seems to be speeding along, unbelieveably I am getting ready to see my granddaughters wearing my little white dress as they turn one year old! It's little ruffles and ribbons will be worn by granddaughters yet to come, and great grandaughters after them and on and on...and my little white dress will tell a story of baby girls with button noses and chubby cheeks and twinkling eyes turning one year old.

~Who knew a little white dress could create so many memories~