A Celebration and A Remembrance

2018

The end of August marked twenty two years of marriage for us. There's no one else to thank for our marriage than God. It's because of Him that we both have grown and learned to be selfless throughout the years. We have our off days and during those days I know I have a choice to either choose to move forward or stay stuck in my displeasure. I have to remember to just take baby steps forward with unwavering faith. It happens on my own time, sometimes it takes longer than I would have liked to get over something, it is hard but what other choice is there if I want to stay on the right path?

I love flowers and I am grateful that Jacob gifts me beautiful bouquets.

Jacob has a sweet tooth, always has so we planned a nice day trip to Poulsbo and since that town sits right on the water I was more than happy to oblige.

I like soft cookies while Jacob likes crunchy ones. It's hard to only pick one pastry so we usually leave with a box full of yummy treats.

There are several nice stores that I like to visit. During this visit I got myself a pink wallet with a zipper. I've been wanting something like that for a while now that way cash, discount cards, and change have their own compartment ... all three in one space.

We walked along the park that's right on the water. The marina is small but cute.

I thought this small boat turned tugboat was the cutest thing. Just had to share it.

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Waiting in line to drive onto the Bainbridge/Seattle ferry.

After the ferry ride we had dinner at our favorite rib place. Jacob used to make ribs at home and they were decent but since we discovered BBQ Pete's Jacob doesn't make them anymore. This place has the best ribs we have ever had and they have four BBQ sauces to choose from. The quality of these smoked ribs is superb. Honestly!

It is often the little things, the small revelations, that make a great

deal of difference in handling disappointment, frustration and loss. They

help us celebrate the moments of joy by enabling us to unearth

the underlying goodness of things.

And of course. This day, our anniversary day will forever mark Reagan's death day as well. As sad as this is I am fine with this fact because it's an important day for us. Our anniversary used to mean a fun enjoyable day out and now it's also marked with sadness. We make sure to pause in the evening in remembrance of Reagan. Talking about God keeping us humble.
This day also marked Reagan's 2nd death day anniversary.

My sweet baby boy

Grief is just love with no place to go.