Oh Alicia I’m so so glad you got to spend a day with Papaw making memories. I got a little teary-eyed reading your update but boy I’m glad you will forever have those memories to hold on and to share again over the years with Landon and Evie
Thank you. It was difficult since everything is still so fresh, but I'm glad I have it written down for the kids' sake.
What a difficult update this must have been to write, but SO important. My grandfather died unexpected when I was a toddler, and I only have a couple of vague memories of him, but my family keeps him alive for us with pictures and stories to this day. I know Landon and Evie will always know and remember how much their PaPaw loved them, and they'll remember all these special stories because of the way you and Alex tell them. Thanks so much for letting us into such a special moment in your trip.
That is my biggest hope, that I've written down enough stories about my loved ones that the kids will know them no matter when they've last seen them. I originally did the trip reports as a way to keep the Disney magic alive, then progressed to blogging when I started traveling Europe, and now all of that has taken on a bigger meaning.
I love this post so much. What a beautiful memory. Your post is also a beautiful reminder to enjoy the moment because you truly don’t know when it will be over. Thank you for sharing.
My dad is going with us on our December trip. He hasn’t been in 32 years... when I was 4. I’m so excited for my kids to make memories with their beloved papaw.
That was absolutely what I tried to take away from rehashing my day with Ed. It makes me appreciate all the other Disney trips I've taken with other family members now.
How exciting that you got your dad to agree to go to Disney! It's that second kid...my dad didn't give in and go to Disney until our daughter was born. I have no doubt your kids will have a blast touring the parks with their papaw.
This update made me teary eyed, so I can't imagine how difficult it was for you to write. But I am so glad you all were able to spend a Disney day with your FIL. And how nice to be able to do something brand new with him! This will always leave you with a fond memory of Country Bear Jamboree.
I'm so grateful that we tried a new attraction with my FIL, because I feel like it's now a special something I can share with the kids.
I should not have read this on my plan period. Oh my what special memories. I'm so glad you had that day, and now that you've written about it your kids will have this to treasure always. It was so special to get to do a new attraction with him.
Thanks, that was my hope. I really wanted to put that day into writing so the kids could read about their time at the Magic Kingdom with their grandpa. We have been really fortunate to be able to say that all 4 grandparents have gone to Disney with the kids. Memories that I'll hold dear forever.
It was so sweet reading this entry. My grandpa died almost 2 years ago, right after my daughter turned 3. It pains me sometimes that I don't think she'll remember him, or that she doesn't now, but every once in a while she comes out with something. Yesterday she was really quiet driving home from preschool, and when we parked she was in the backseat crying, just because she randomly missed him.
It's SO nice to be able to look back on pictures, and happy memories, and to be able to tell them about them, and how much they were loved. Absolutely, one hundred percent priceless.
Well, now I'm the one tearing up. How sweet of your daughter- it's so hard to see such little ones try to cope with the big concept of loss. It's hard to explain the emotions when you as a grown adult struggle to grasp them. But it sounds like we're both doing the best we can, through pictures and stories and reliving the happiness those loved ones brought us.
I was crying reading your update. Such a wonderful memory. I love paw paw's hand on Landon's head.
Thanks; it was a very bittersweet update to write but I'm grateful I'll now have those memories written down for the future.
Sorry about your loss but glad you have those precious memories . On our last trip with my dad , i now wonder if somehow deep down I knew i it would be the last as i was crying in the middle of cape may breakfast for no apparent reason - our last meal before heading home . He loved going with the grandkids .
Oh dear, I can't even imagine how bittersweet that Cape May meal must be for you. Thank goodness you have the memory to hold on to, something to share with his grandkids.
I'm leaking. Such a beautiful update. It's special that y'all will always have Country Bears with PaPaw. I know what you mean about doing everything you shouldn't in the parks. We did that a lot in February, but when you're with little ones and extended family you have to change the way you do things and just enjoy the small things.
Thank you; that day at Magic Kingdom and the week at his house afterwards was such a perfect time, and I take a lot of comfort knowing the kids' and me's last memories with him were wonderful ones.
Oh man, I was going nutty doing Disney wrong! It was hard, but sometimes you have to take the hit to make your life easier with your other party members.
What a great update. It had me a little teary. I think it is so special that you all got to have that day together.
Thank you. I'm looking forward to going back to Country Bears and remembering the first time I saw it with my FIL. It's comforting knowing there's something at Disney that'll remind me of him.