Day 9: A Special Place

Day 9: A special place

One of my special places that reminds me of Casey would have to be the garden we planted in her memory in our yard. With the daffodils from her funeral. Those same flowers that bloom every year on her anniversary , and again they have bloomed on her birthday. They have even bloomed when there was snow on the ground !! She always loved spring , and said it was a time for rebirth.

 We also planted four rose bushes for all four of the kids. One for Casey , two for the A team and one for Mr B. In a sense they too are like roses. They are beautiful to watch blooming but tend to have thorns that stick you from time to time when you are least expecting it but beautiful none the less.

Dustin bought me a turtle statue for the garden in memory of Casey the first year for Mothers day. 

The other special place is 140 miles from home. I don't get there as much as I would like too but KT and several of Casey's other friends take care of things for me at her tree and bench.Mr W so lovingly planted her tree on the day of her memorial service there in Des Moines after the school did a fundraiser to raise money to pay for a tree , a bench and of course the services.

I am grateful that she has such wonderful friends who make sure to remember her on her birthday, her anniversary and the holidays. They do such special things with her tree, and when I sneak down there it makes me smile knowing they have been there, remembering her too. I know they miss her as well.