Gavin and Bailey Nana : March 28,2011 Counting the Days

Well after a wonderful weekend in Kemah and then spending time with the Zingelmann for Alicia 30^th Birthday party the countdown begins for Trey to move back home. We will leave out on Tuesday after work and go to my moms and spend the night with her in Buffalo Texas. Have not gotten to see her since Christmas and am looking forward to spending a night with her. We talk on the phone every week but it’s just not the same as having her to hug me when I am mad or sad however she loves the country and would not even consider moving to the city. But that’s ok as long as she is happy. I would worry a lot but you see I have a wonderful sister n law and brother who live next to her and Jan takes amazing good care of her while Ronny works and even when he is home. I don’t know what I would do without her. Then Wednesday at noon or so we will head to Minus Texas to help our amazing son Trey pack up and move back to Kingwood, Texas to start a new chapter in his life as well. After losing Melissa and it taking him 8 hours to get home to be with us he said he had to get back home. It would have only taken 5 hours but this mom was scared for him to drive as we were all just so shocked and distraught over it that my little brother Ronny drove 3 hours to get him then 5 hours back to us in Kingwood. But my poor brother still had a 3 hour drive home to be with his wife Jan and my mom. As I told them to stay there till we could get Jon home from Iraq so they came Sunday. See I told you they were amazing and I had my big sister Diana and niece Katie with me I actually think they flew from Huntsville they got here so fast and was taking good care of Larry and I and helping with things that needed to be done. Not to mention Michelle (I would not have made it thru those terrible days and this year with her) and my wonderful Sunday School Class from Kingwood First Baptist Church. I never knew word could travel so fast before we got home and had time to think in ran Karla Sue and then more of my church family just keep coming. They took care of things that I had no idea what to do or would have ever thought about having to do as all I could think of was letting Jon(Melissa Husband) know and making sure he was ok and getting him home safe and sound.
So Trey was home safe and sound and we held each other up but the one that help him the most has now become known to all as Lauren and if truth be known she is the real reason he is moving back home. Well actually I know she is and then Larry and I but that is ok because we could not have hand picked a better woman for our son. She is the most kind, considerate, loving person I could ever hope for. Trey picked a wonderful young woman and we even got lucky as she has me let us be in Gavin her son life who is 3 to help get me through this year. They did get to meet Melissa and those two hit it off right away which is not strange for Melissa as she loved kids. What is amazing is that he was only 2 and he can look at pictures and say that’s Melissa and it warms my heart.

So as Trey begins his new chapter with a new job and what I believe soon to be new wife and son I get the blessing of having him closer to me along with a Lauren who has become my new shopping buddy and I have become Gavin’s new Nana. What a great blessing God has given me in my darkest hours and I realize this everyday however I know that God knows I am not through grieving for my sweet baby girl Melissa; who we will all love to the moon and back.