Tuesday, September 24, 2013

3 years...

It is hard to believe that another year has passed.  It seems like yesterday that I said good bye to you at the back door, but then it seems like forever ago.  Dad, Autumn, Raegan and I spent the day at Rose Hills.  We know that you are not there but we dedicate the whole day to you.  We had lunch out there and visit with anyone that comes by.  It is very peaceful there.  Raegan doesn’t really understand yet where you are.  Autumn told her that you were in Heaven with the Angels.  Raegan wanted to know if you were playing baseball there!  Of course she told her yes.  Now she knows that Stevie is there too.  What a surprised that was right?  I know that you are together and that helps me get through the days too.  I miss that crazy little boy but nothing compared to how I miss you.  I have good “Davey Days” and bad “Davey Days”.  I can’t say why some are better than the others but I will take any of them!  Good or bad.  The memories that we shared can never be replaced and I am trying to hold on to each and every one of them.  I pray that as time goes on that I don’t forget them.  Brittany helps with the ones that she has of you.  She tells me some wild stories about you Dave!!!  Crazy Crazy Crazy
Each night when I go to bed, I thank God for the time that he gave me with you but I wish it were longer.  I take solace in knowing that you are in Heaven and can never ever be hurt again and that I know where you are.  Of course I wish you were here but if not here, then where else but in Heaven right?  I know that your time here was short, but Earth was just a quick stop before your eternal life in Heaven.  I have to remember that you are not “gone” but that you have moved on to the next step and that one day I will join you. We all will but we have to wait our turn.
Keep the signs coming!  We all love the 8’s and the Batman signs.

Love Mom

Yes I still bring you flowers.....always will

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Stevie

Steven James Chavez
2003-2013

Today we set Stevie free from his suffering and into your arms.  We knew from day one that he was a special little guy.  With only one kidney, we knew that one day he might have issues later on in life.  He was a happy boy from day one, if he liked you!  I remember him hiding under the couch when strangers would come over and barking. Tough guy!  Under the couch was his safe haven and where he hoarded everything! From baby pacifiers to toys to bones to just about anything that he thought was his.  Poor Bruce almost had to go to the ER because Stevie hoarded all the bones and I thought that Bruce had swallowed one whole. He loved his sweaters and to be covered up.  Even when it was 100 degrees, he thought he needed to be under the covers and would bark at us until we covered him.  Oh and this little boy could jump!!  Not like a normal dog, but like Snoopy...with all four legs.

He started failing on 9/15/2013. He would not eat and I knew that was the first sign of renal failure. Everyday he would try to eat a little and did really well until Friday 9/20/2013.  Then nothing.  I took  him to the doctor today in hopes that it was not what I knew it was.  No tests were done.  The doctor knew.  I held him until his little heart stopped beating and told him how much we loved him and that he was going to see his daddy and not to be afraid.  I wish I could have seen your reunion!  I am sure you were just as happy and surprised to see him as he was to see you. Take care of him Davey and make sure he has a clean sweater and that he is always covered.  Until we meet again.  Love to both of my boys.....  Love Mom aka Granny