I couldn't let the day end without telling about my surprise picnic tonight. It was, as I called it, romantic. We were out at my parents today, and Jenna came and whispered in my ear that I was going to have a picnic with just her. A little bit later I went to find her. She was in the kitchen making peanut butter and honey half sandwiches. She bagged them up, had two plums bagged up, and a blanket. She put them all in a basket with a handle and told me to wait while she set it up. I was told to close my eyes and she led me down to the basement where she set up our picnic on a mattress (it was too cold and windy to have it outside under the trees). We had the most wonderful picnic ever, even though I died twice from a "peanut butter allergy" that I decided to have just for a moment. I was informed that I should be careful when I die, because I could crack my head on the concrete floor. We snuggled while she ate my plum because she dropped hers on the dirty floor and didn't want to eat it after washing it with soap. When I asked her what her favorite part of the day was, she said "This part right here. Mommy time with you."
Caleb's funeral was today. There were so many emotions going. It started out okay. People coming in, greeting them, trying to find where my girls were running off to with friends and cousins. So many people came to support us yesterday and today. We were so blessed and so thankful to all who came. It was a great funeral. The music, the message, the friends who got up and spoke. Some of the things said that really meant a lot to me were: 1) Anyone who says that someone physically handicap has no quality of life needs just to look at the life of Caleb to be proven 100% wrong. He lived life to it's fullest. He was a great man of God who studied theology, he wrote wonderfully, and he loved people. His lifelong battle with Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy never got in the way of his faith, family, and friends. He didn't complain about his handicap. He lived strong in spite of it. 2) Anyone who knows my family knows what trials we have faced. One friend said: All of you ou...

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