Pete came to me today and asked "Dad, can we watch the Lucas video?"
I said, "Sure we can". So, we did.
During watching it, Pete asked many questions.
"Did you like Lucas, Dad?" "Was he your best cousin?" "Did I know Lucas?"
He also laughed a lot during the video at the different faces & funny pictures that he saw.
More questions followed: "Did Lucas like you, Dad?", "He liked to have fun", "I wish I could know Lucas".
Thinking about Lucas, I have come to realize that my son, Pete, & Lucas have a lot in common.
They both have an enormous amount of energy.
They both love to laugh.
They both have the need to be hugged and kissed everyday.
They both loved to dress up in funny outfits.
They both love to tell people around them "I Love You"
They both live life to the fullest, not thinking of the consequences, but rather taking each day as it comes
They both like to be crazy, funny, & goofy.
They both make friends very easily.
They both love adventure.
and they both have huge hearts!
I can definitely see the connection between Dinah (L.L.) and Pete. Its a similiar connection as Lucas.
I love that I can see Lucas in him. I feel like Pete has a part of Lucas in him.
Watching the video this most recent time, I felt at peace with that.
For me, Lucas isnt gone, he will live forever in my heart.
"Smile Now, Cry Later!"
2 comments:
Pete and Lucas...what great pals they would have been. Birds of a feather....stuck together.
Sam you made a personality link between them that is hard to deny.
When Pete saw the framed pictures
of Lucas on the dresser in my bedroom he connected and was curious what he was like, what happened and was he in heaven. I assured him that Lucas was indeed in heaven. A wonderful place to spend eternity, always happy and being himself. Both Pete and Emily wanted to know what he was like, so I showed them the video you put together with pictures to music of his life. They both watched glued to the screen with smiles on their faces. Pete had moments he'd get a twinkle in his eye and grin at me as if he had found a new friend. "We want to see it again", they said. It warmed my heart to see them enjoy watching his life unfold before them. Meeting him and getting an idea of who he was for the very first time.
Seeing him made them smile. Me too.
Lucas brought sunshine into my life every day. From the day God brought him into my life I knew a special kind of love between us, that would live from that moment on. There's a bit of Lucas in all of us. But I will admit, when I'm around Pete, his actions are so familiar to those I shared with Lucas that I feel like I know what's going on in his head. There's lots going on in the creative mind that is prone to be free of boundaries, straight from the heart and adventuresome. I happen to strongly admire those qualities.
It's no surprise, why Pete and I get along. Watching him grow up is kinda like seeing some things again the second time around. I haven't forgotten about Drew and Emily with hearts of gold and wondering what's up next and how best to handle it... LL is loving every minute of
watching them all grow up and happy
I can have some fun seeing it happen. SMILE NOW!
Love to Sam and Natalie for the
gifts you and your children bring.
LL
My Dearest Baby Boy LUCAS,with fondest memories,Mom
I was thinking of Lucas today and a smile came into my heart. It is a gift to be
given the blessing of raising a child that grows up with a wonderful and happy outlook in life and enjoys his surroundings on a daily basis.His genuine gracious smile was second nature to him. He liked to make someone else's day a better one just by lending a hand or just being there to listen and try to comfort them in any way he could. He was very comfortable making conversation with children. He would make them laugh and they would make him realize their reactions and stories they would tell brought sunshine in his life. That is what Lucas brought to my life. He'd make everyone SMILE and bring sunshine into their day. For me,those feelings are so memorable and they continue to comfort me when I visit my family photo books of his "Growing Up years". Laughing was second nature to him and he'd take things that were not pleasant and find the silver lining and before you know it everything was back on a positive track. He was able to always find a way to lift people's spirits.
During the last 9 years he's lifted my spirits and always makes me smile. Since Lucas has been gone I sometimes find myself feeling I want to be with him..but then I find a shining penny by surprise on the ground in front of me and I smile. I can't resist it and I always pick it up!...It happened enough times that I have collected a box full of Pennies. I have no intention to quit looking either...I think of them as "pennies from heaven from Lucas" to make me smile...and I always do! Now
when I see one, I can't help but smile plus I'm thinking my day just changed for the better. It was just a Penny...but it changed my day and warmed my heart. I pick up the penny smiling and look up to the sky and say "I Love You Lucas" I know it's a sign he is looking over me and our souls are together forever.
Goodness remains as a comfort inside of me that I acquired from him that will last
throughout my days on earth...As his Mother and him my Son I can close my eyes and I remember his loving soul and joyful spirit and it lifts me up.
I hope anyone who reads this....will pick up that penny on the ground next time and think of it as a penny from heaven and believe it's fortunate to have seen it.
"Lucas has a Knack of making people smile...really! and if you pick that penny up and not pass it by, I bet you can't help but SMILE!!!
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