My Jessie Journal:: Hi Sweet Pea…it’s daddy! Love you SO much. We had a great time celebrating YOU last week on your birthday. I love this picture of you with your special birthday cake. An amazing lady in Louisiana, had a replica made in your honor. It was so wonderful and tasted so good=).
The last week has also been full of lots of JOY, which helps my heart heal. We had a team in Florida spreading JOY to kids in four hospitals, we had this darling little girl Ady throw the first pitch at the LSU baseball game Sunday, Anthem helped us stuff JOY in Northern California, on Tuesday I picked up a great donation from the Marconi Foundation to support JOY and yesterday I was with Nations Direct Mortgage & Motive Lending here locally who helped sponsor & stuff tons of JOY for courageous kids at camp this summer. So many companies are now setting up mini JOY Factories to help stuff JOY, which is so wonderful. All of this JOY is because of YOU simply asked…How Can We Help Them? That is why JOY stands for Just Offer Yourself…when I offer myself to help others I get JOY back. Thanks for teaching me that Sweet Pea.
Oh…and we kicked off the limited edition t-shirt campaign based off your famous statement…what a great week of celebrating YOU. I know you never wanted it about YOU but I love making it about YOU now. Sorry….it’s part of my recovery plan=))).
I still hate seeing Shaya and JT hurt because they miss you so much. Special occasions, like your birthday, are always the hardest for them/us. They love you so much. Shaya told me…“I miss my best friend”. Dang that hurt! She honestly saw you as her best friend. That special love that only sisters understand. She will never have that again…that sucks. JT just wants you home. We all do but he just feels it’s “not right” that we aren’t a family of 5 anymore. I totally get his pain and desire…I just wish I could make it all go away.
Got to get ready to go spread more JOY today Jess….
Miss you tons…love you more…see you in a wink! I promise….
xoxo
daddy
