Tonight Lori and I are joining Hart Axley for dinner at a gala to honor and induct five people in to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. You may remember the old man that was at Mom’s service and spoke at the end and then sang a song in tribute to her. Well, that was Hart Axley. Turns out he was a pioneer in the ski industry, a former inductee and a World renowned attorney who first came to Colorado in 1956. Now here’s the twist, he went to the University of Wisconsin and was in the marching band with Mom and in school at the same time, what a coincidence. Anyhow, he invited us earlier this week as it’s here in Vail tonight and we were honored that he’d ask us and look forward to hearing more about Mom’s college years.<\/p>\n
I made it to Boulder and Longmont yesterday for my appointments and then was home a bit before 4 in the afternoon. Tomorrow Jag and his buddy and dad and I are going to the Bronco Giants games which is a night game that starts at 6:30. It should be a fun one. Looks like it’s also going to get cooler up here soon and down there tomorrow for the game.<\/p>\n
Funny as I was talking to Tom the other day saying when something would happen during the day, I’d find myself wanting to call Mom only to realize that that wasn’t possible. Tom told me he’d dialed her number a time or two without thinking. It’s hard but getting a little better. Last night Jag and Ty were hanging out downstairs and I went down to do some laundry and they had the picture of Grandma from the service (the 20″ X 24″ photograph) sitting there on the bed with them. I asked where that came from and Jagger said he got it from the other room and brought it in so Grandma could be with them and so she wasn’t lonely. That was heartbreaking but great. Sometimes we forget to think about how others are dealing with loss, especially the kids, so I’m making sure that we talk a bit about it and include Grandma in our daily prayers and thoughts. Each and every day we think of her as something reminds us of her. It’s funny as in many ways, Grandma is influencing us all more even though she’s not here. We in our family are very conscious as to our daily actions and are trying to live up to Grandma’s expectations of us as people. She’s a hard act to follow but we’ll try. So, it’s all good. Do we wish she was still here, of course we do, but that’s not real life. We’ll soldier on and all try to live our lives the way that she would live hers. Not sure that’s possible, but we’re determined to give it the old college try!<\/p>\n
God Bless you all, here’s one of my all time favorites I posted before that deserves another day!<\/p>\n
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