January 15, 2016 and January 19, 2016 marks the two year Angelversary for Spring Hubbard and Casey Wheeler. The song below is one that Hayden, Hannah and their friends sang at our ring ceremony and dedicated to our angels, Spring and Casey. We feel that it is a special song for our family and would like to share it with you.
Spring and Casey will remain forever in our hearts and family. After Shane and I were married, our then 3 year old daughter declared that she now has 2 Dads and 2 Moms. I love that this phenomenal observation that is so difficult for us veterans of the world to understand was uttered by the lips of an innocent child. She views all of us as one big family. So simplistic... yet so genuinely true. This is the pathway that God has unfolded before us to unite us as one loving family.
Dance with the Rain and Stars
Young and Guileless
Curls dancing in the breeze
Eyes bright and shining
Aglow with shimmering stars and dreams.
A solitary branch catches sandled toes,
Falling...
skinning new knees.
Dewdrop Tears glisten on freckled cherub cheeks.
Ma blesses it with whispered kisses
Singing
"It Rains a Day...But then God's Light will Shine Through"
Big Boy Brick shoves me down the playground steps.
Anger caught me unawares...
and
I slugged him in the arm.
Ma shook her head,
Eyes twinkling with a humored sheen,
tapped me on the nose and said...
"It Always Rains...but you can choose the Downpour My Child"
Emotions torn asunder
Anger crackling like Thunder,
Plopped despondently on the weathered first stair...
Head in hands,
Rivulets trickling down a troubled blush.
Ma settled near
warm hand gentle on my knee...
"Please My Child...Don't let the Rain frighten away the Sun".
Charmed Eyes and Fresh Voices
Fill Life with Light,
Ice Skating, Snow Forts
and Dinner Dates with my Summer Sun
Ma smiles nearby...
Eyes crinkling with Silent Delight.
No Rain to Be Seen.
Joy slips to Sorrow,
Heart Freezes...brittle, cold and dark.
Mississippi River current cascades
from troubled lashed eyes.
Ma settles her arms around
trembling with fear and grief...
"God...Please let the Rain Slow Down...Please let the Sunlight In".
Lightning flashes through the Deep Storm
Cutting through inconsolable Dusk...
Light shines through
with Golden Rays of Hope.
Love, Friendship, and Blessed Family.
8 on Earth
and 2 Radiant Stars above...
Shimmering Spirits guarding and protecting
their loved ones just below.
Ma looks beyond to Her Beloved Stars and to Heaven..
"Thank you God...for the Sunlight through the Rain."
-C.S.B.-
(a.k.a. my sis)
Casey Wheeler and Spring Hubbard we miss you every single day! We are blessed to still be able to feel your presence in our home and touching our lives. We love you so much. <3 Happy 2 year Angelversary!!!
Angie, thanks for checking in on us! I think this is the only way for me to respond to you. We are doing well. I spent the majority of 2015 doing Radiation and Chemo and that went really well. My tumor shrunk quite a bit and hasn't grown since. I have my 19th MRI next week and expect the tumor to still be small. I feel extremely fortunate and blessed. I hope you guys are all doing well also!
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