It is now Monday, June 13th @ 01:05 in the morning. I have a hard time going to bed at a decent hour but try to be in bed by now. I think the stress of this coming weekend is adding to my inability to sleep. I will also admit that I'm on my 3rd Hawaiian drink for the night which doesn't help but lets me remember the vacations in Hawaii with Bruce as well as the boys that we enjoyed.
We, all of my sisters but one (at this time) are going to Hawaii next year. It will be bittersweet as we are going to Bruce's & my favorite resort on the Big Island. Bruce & I enjoyed exploring during the day as well as snorkeling and then relaxing outside of our timeshare having after dinner drinks.
God, I miss him. We would probably not be traveling but at least we would be doing something we both enjoyed. I'm sure it would involve family as we had always enjoyed doing things with our sons.
Brannon, Anita, my 2 grandsons: Robbie & Aiken Bruce, as well as Emelia, my granddaughter will be meeting up with Tye & Mia in Iowa. Hopefully one day we can all go to Hawaii to the Big Island.
I'm hoping the weather will be perfect and everything will go as planned....we are having a celebration of Bruce's life in Maxwell, Iowa this coming weekend. The last time I was in Iowa I picked out the red oak tree & it has been planted in the Maxwell City Park near the Veterans Memorial. I have had the large rock engraved that will tell everyone of the love we shared for 44 years. I also am having bricks laid at the memorial for Bruce, his father Robert & one for his brother, John who now lives in Rock Island, IL. I will be having a meal with friends out at Cristy & John Falvey's farm after a gathering at the park. I also decided to leave Zeke's ashes here around the palm tree that he spent hours running around thinking there was a squirrel in the tree...I don't think there was ever one up in that palm.
