Great Wolf Lodge, VA
"Isn't it great that Cody Lee is eight!" Today is Cody's birthday and we had a true celebration at the GREAT WOLF LODGE (highly recommend it to anyone with KIDS)!
It's funny I assumed I would had picked a picture of the KIDS for today since there were EIGHT. But instead I picked these two pictures. The one of CODY is obvious, it is his birthday. But at the same time it is not. What memories we have made in the last eight PLUS years. This other picture of Desiree, Jodi and I is SPECIAL. We had such SPECIAL memories from RANDALLSTOWN HIGH that will be FOREVER etched in my HEART and SOUL. I had co-workers who served as FRIENDS, MENTORS, COUNSELORS, SUPPORTERS, INSPIRATION and JOY! We were YOUNG and SINGLE and without KIDS...we had HOPES and DREAMS for ourselves, each other and our students. We had PASSION and FAITH and LOVE....and I hope that we all still carry it TODAY for each other, our CHILDREN and the other children in our lives we are blessed to touch.
Cody, your birth eight years ago was a marker in my life. Thank you for allowing me to be part of your BIRTH and many BIRTHDAYS!
God put children in our lives so we would stop staying at school until midnight! What were we thinking???????? You were there the day Cody was born and you have not stopped celebrating his life ... we love you and Lili like family. Thanks for making the time and the trip - your presence was the best present of all. Cody felt blessed. The love he felt that week will carry him through any darkness that may come.
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