tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86135275814860828662023-11-16T09:46:56.795-04:00DEIRDRE MEDINA's DIARY: A LITTLE MAGE in the FAMILYIn loving memory of a 5 year old diva with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1 who changed our lives foreverViernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.comBlogger397125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-69137588612687338532022-12-21T00:24:00.003-04:002022-12-21T00:26:02.083-04:00Something different for Xmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsp3320qFnAabZ1ikJ7I11d5QVt9OlKCFT7Zt7l_CEXA0aFndv7MSR7sCr0QoQx4fIUdKl8cMD81oStUd3ctZ4vQjTkI2943nuo9Me-Fag1Mi8T7EbDpLYkgcvqggExdcYdv1MaqPpovzsatvhe_23nCTNeasN1btyrPDHTr5F1VBqUSEh_Pu2sRs/s4096/20221220_222543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2790" data-original-width="4096" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghsp3320qFnAabZ1ikJ7I11d5QVt9OlKCFT7Zt7l_CEXA0aFndv7MSR7sCr0QoQx4fIUdKl8cMD81oStUd3ctZ4vQjTkI2943nuo9Me-Fag1Mi8T7EbDpLYkgcvqggExdcYdv1MaqPpovzsatvhe_23nCTNeasN1btyrPDHTr5F1VBqUSEh_Pu2sRs/s320/20221220_222543.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>This year we are back in the SMA Xmas card exchange. Checking out Xmas cards it occur to me that I have some stamps I could use to make my own. </p><p>I started collecting Gorjuss girls stamps because they remind me of Deedee. I always love them with long raven hair. I alwayssaw Deedee's demeanor in her eyes, as pictures show since her face mask often covered her mouth. Gorjuss girls have no mouth, so they reflect an emotion based on context. </p><p>This year Deedee would have had her Quinceanero... It's bittersweet. I miss her everyday. </p><p>I told Kali about the idea and she was very excited about it. Since I'm having eye issues, she helped with this project. </p><p>20 families will get a little piece of our hearts this year. I hope they can appreciate the hours and the love that Deedee's sis place on them, as well as my own.</p><p>Any chance to do something to keep Deedee present in our lives is worth it. Thinking of her makes our heart smile.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Nd_lQO05U8P_bwE3kZlWkTt_4T02pb0n_rh7Z-LKxVvygmdWkkIqsb8fZtpH-QTcQLtNfw5zXouSF6vKM4e5keAJEmIBfkcE_j8xiYzwH2sk5nyGGWSNTSea-EjJETslV0Tx2x1z94rLNHCaCPDdEeBEtCwPGRV-coc9BAe3PxHxT98r5-F2J2mH/s4058/20221220_222725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2656" data-original-width="4058" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Nd_lQO05U8P_bwE3kZlWkTt_4T02pb0n_rh7Z-LKxVvygmdWkkIqsb8fZtpH-QTcQLtNfw5zXouSF6vKM4e5keAJEmIBfkcE_j8xiYzwH2sk5nyGGWSNTSea-EjJETslV0Tx2x1z94rLNHCaCPDdEeBEtCwPGRV-coc9BAe3PxHxT98r5-F2J2mH/s320/20221220_222725.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr3dTfD2sjgcYKmPheW8GTD_wl9FBE_QQ9ZeLdU1pnF_1izSEK0pGuKZYn_ovZsJ0BaLDgcaAsSkRC1OtdRzlT3_8mMDM-4lr-3Tj9Nr43e3QJ0ExX4DscCHWQssIxvO26ZfXELoXSjQx9m5lREVEH13Y6pRieqgfoEPxrC3VIe_afRZLFc1VL3XyI/s3173/20221220_221415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYazPBJhUrQq7-1YWwVz_K2r1_Nz0cJcIAkkCpgG01aLpzXF4Uz6_17LZnxPcB0Rq_K9tG4VontdjgKPM2SpTqot09aUHxQnNVTnqsElriFxAAPZnvLdWxcdEInlC4IHk05n2yqW3M3QyXPbROpXOCtC8Ba2xo4tkXP8hnOmYizZRD8eHyYoLNq_u/s205/coco-dd02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="205" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNYazPBJhUrQq7-1YWwVz_K2r1_Nz0cJcIAkkCpgG01aLpzXF4Uz6_17LZnxPcB0Rq_K9tG4VontdjgKPM2SpTqot09aUHxQnNVTnqsElriFxAAPZnvLdWxcdEInlC4IHk05n2yqW3M3QyXPbROpXOCtC8Ba2xo4tkXP8hnOmYizZRD8eHyYoLNq_u/w320-h208/coco-dd02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Today it is 10 years since you earned your wings. I wrote something for you, something special, but I lost it. Maybe it was just meant for you, only you to read it. So I won't repeat myself here.<p></p><p>It's living in Shadow without you around. But we have made the best of it, trying our best to live a live worthy of you. Because you still walk with us, gazing down from Heaving while you run and while you fly and while you walk in beauty.</p><p>A few more blinks, love, just a few more blinks. We will come home. And then forever.</p><p>In the meantime, your sister loves you. Your father loves you. And I love you. Our adventures always include you. And during the hard times, your light guides us to safety. </p><p>Keep shining from so far, your light always touch us.</p><p>A smile. A kiss.</p><p>Forever.</p><p>-Mom- </p>Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-8318122261393731502022-08-18T00:37:00.003-04:002022-08-18T00:37:58.923-04:0015th Birthday!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODvy0WqkRTp785_LZ9OYi3YTFCd7323SHrUD0JaoSh1mbA-mv0YJKGKthdD0aaoeq9BdWpSElcYW1xUzjp6ILLa3TwI2mt9cVZjH8nigV9J6pqxTBRVzcTTOywXPdTriNljipAWYuY8QQM0bDv7Gmip7OeQXSZod_9vP83IU-bG6-WS7RLie_dtR9/s2896/20220818_001803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1947" data-original-width="2896" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODvy0WqkRTp785_LZ9OYi3YTFCd7323SHrUD0JaoSh1mbA-mv0YJKGKthdD0aaoeq9BdWpSElcYW1xUzjp6ILLa3TwI2mt9cVZjH8nigV9J6pqxTBRVzcTTOywXPdTriNljipAWYuY8QQM0bDv7Gmip7OeQXSZod_9vP83IU-bG6-WS7RLie_dtR9/s320/20220818_001803.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Deirdre Medina A little girl born in a little island, in the magical historical town of San German back in 2007. Who would have known that she would use her craft to send us to a path of adventures, boldly daring and defying life in every breath she took. In the 5 years she was here on Earth she touched so many lives! Miss Deedee... Sassy, bold, smart, loved sharks and Wonderpets, and loved everyone who showed up in her life. And her memory lives on through our love. </p><p>We celebrate you, Deedee, as the spoonfull of sugar that you were in our lives... Just like Mary Poppins you arrived under stormy winds... And you left just when the wind changed. But you left us precious lessons that changed us... You taught us how to fly a kite and why we should feed the birds. </p><p>Love you Deedee. Always. </p><p>Our dear quinceanera...</p><p>We walk with you in dreams. Until we meet again... Hugs and kisses, love.</p>Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-17933784559721839122022-04-17T17:09:00.006-04:002022-04-17T18:40:16.735-04:00HAPPY EASTER 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3pO6W9OlsVukLeHEo01Xg8uWmmuB2ySgot1SVlofb-kr8qLV05DES0KmI9roWSb68y2owLmQyyhOy1Aa0IQlgFAr-h9I8MIurBNaM3GSJHCRbq3yM0WSeUUBvyWHdOxLq8weu0UmC3Sk833WDQzxHIGcZlPMClBgGUvXNqM7otPJ17K9nDtil0S6/s669/Easter2012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO3pO6W9OlsVukLeHEo01Xg8uWmmuB2ySgot1SVlofb-kr8qLV05DES0KmI9roWSb68y2owLmQyyhOy1Aa0IQlgFAr-h9I8MIurBNaM3GSJHCRbq3yM0WSeUUBvyWHdOxLq8weu0UmC3Sk833WDQzxHIGcZlPMClBgGUvXNqM7otPJ17K9nDtil0S6/s320/Easter2012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Oh my! I just came to reminisce, and realized I had not posted anything since Deedee's birthday in 2020. For the record, we did celebrate (we always do) but 2021 was quite eventful and went away in a blink. The last thing I was paying attention to was posting anything in my blogs. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ92JHBflivsLMTiW7UEoI5iaHgpvRCA1y3KRR2OFJ4KVoc4NGmEU1pY7Ye6krWEyX5uH-8Ra4fWuzHYfhItv0qcgf2mNdHM3wjLP3oV9ZV6j00P-gYjZ2fKZKJKLNOIxTELZV85VEbwg2F3Z2zwnEMkz3ZXzVNtziVUnK54PoCeenCtiJ-71SriFM/s4128/20201025_055855.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ92JHBflivsLMTiW7UEoI5iaHgpvRCA1y3KRR2OFJ4KVoc4NGmEU1pY7Ye6krWEyX5uH-8Ra4fWuzHYfhItv0qcgf2mNdHM3wjLP3oV9ZV6j00P-gYjZ2fKZKJKLNOIxTELZV85VEbwg2F3Z2zwnEMkz3ZXzVNtziVUnK54PoCeenCtiJ-71SriFM/s320/20201025_055855.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">2021 was brutal. Auntie Gladys passed away in June 05, 2021 after falling in the hospital December 2020 and facing Alzeheimer... I travelled to Puerto Rico to take care of her at the hospital. Against all odds I made her well enough to be taken home. I was there until mid February, when I decided to bring her with us so I could keep on working and taking care of her. She got better and then in May she started a decline that ended in June 5th. She passed away with a smile in her face. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzIirha_4f9VZA18gSdPFWF4wnXX--YPgzBdiPxtZm_FiKk2UzZl1zW8l7_Fex_iuoAdvdZNZbqSQVdzWABAwgJ5v5DxFJVu3uWFttWQ2cQ8qVi6_fOCdMMfD_oDM8P_3Cib9F79ZgkIxc6pY1I00hVCxvsbGRvOAkwg9qBffUSOJ4mXiDotqlCtV/s3264/20210527_113330(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzIirha_4f9VZA18gSdPFWF4wnXX--YPgzBdiPxtZm_FiKk2UzZl1zW8l7_Fex_iuoAdvdZNZbqSQVdzWABAwgJ5v5DxFJVu3uWFttWQ2cQ8qVi6_fOCdMMfD_oDM8P_3Cib9F79ZgkIxc6pY1I00hVCxvsbGRvOAkwg9qBffUSOJ4mXiDotqlCtV/s320/20210527_113330(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">During the first week of August we went to Puerto Rico to take my aunt's ashes to her tomb. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCZ0uqhgTw_cv_2BGcFxFhYJ82gDXrsUxu2CzNbkIn1o1E3XmaTT-WpA-BrVsRzUJdXfFmH39GTK5GhfX4a4qIZIVzyHTN7hzAqhKeFv-b0j0ZrCXKSgnGTYyRoZlBzRmret-FGOwdfcjKav6QlGr1wKZ2mYVEtZc-bIwNBHc-0C0b-Bg7xwjjlrK/s4128/20210730_172649.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="3096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCZ0uqhgTw_cv_2BGcFxFhYJ82gDXrsUxu2CzNbkIn1o1E3XmaTT-WpA-BrVsRzUJdXfFmH39GTK5GhfX4a4qIZIVzyHTN7hzAqhKeFv-b0j0ZrCXKSgnGTYyRoZlBzRmret-FGOwdfcjKav6QlGr1wKZ2mYVEtZc-bIwNBHc-0C0b-Bg7xwjjlrK/s320/20210730_172649.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbi94Az_SZ4I8VwiepzwTNHiEVQswXl-8Xc3w720RL2xoKwt9jYUMcESNlNyOyjTngBSucKPKbi_Crtft6KYiqKO5u-zvQuPHwCTZwwTIEdoxglzdH2VqdMRMfQzNXFl6nuwhjx_q71kNzsYHLP7PmUSNwXiaBcVdWyeGl3-1QZff5gN_VVp26TYL/s4128/20210730_225700.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbi94Az_SZ4I8VwiepzwTNHiEVQswXl-8Xc3w720RL2xoKwt9jYUMcESNlNyOyjTngBSucKPKbi_Crtft6KYiqKO5u-zvQuPHwCTZwwTIEdoxglzdH2VqdMRMfQzNXFl6nuwhjx_q71kNzsYHLP7PmUSNwXiaBcVdWyeGl3-1QZff5gN_VVp26TYL/s320/20210730_225700.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAsevYQTUVF7KlB5SdAi1--oYCHboye9OVHwr7U9UuUAFsS04w_Ecai1J-az1CGYXEiIY1XyqtATsUWfGt767Jm-4K0PKKT1L4yxhMD8O69JrbzKuw4CAk6gs9NrvfHR4GlZXoTi5pw6rYlG4M4Mqrr58qw2DZWhIT9FnlgAzm7h4kyEP_hcEyRZh/s4128/20210805_135118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAsevYQTUVF7KlB5SdAi1--oYCHboye9OVHwr7U9UuUAFsS04w_Ecai1J-az1CGYXEiIY1XyqtATsUWfGt767Jm-4K0PKKT1L4yxhMD8O69JrbzKuw4CAk6gs9NrvfHR4GlZXoTi5pw6rYlG4M4Mqrr58qw2DZWhIT9FnlgAzm7h4kyEP_hcEyRZh/s320/20210805_135118.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">During the last week of July I had an eye floaters attack, so I could not see well with my right eye. So... coming back, we celebrated Deedee and I started my eye doctor journey... I had 2 laser treatments to get rid off the styes. After doing the second one in November, I got ill and the coughing created a hemorraghe that displaced my retina. So... from November I have been wearing and eye patch because I could not see with my right eye.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">In January 2022 I had surgery. Weeks later, during March, I was sent to the ophtalmologist who told me the eye wont get better, if it does it will take some time... So now I can see but cannot read because of a big distortion in my sight. Only time will tell if it will get better...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTTI-CIdkuD3q1ulq7hmGW6xBTzV-kqYQH-xka2RDHtIQqD_uuBUSwPBGCsRx1fRk2wvPgV8N3hHf93vbn8xMtHD5-ZpEdNs4TDGybCBarf4i0-sthVSHjh0D974vqjkC4Kuh2d4G-v3QhVwlObpdT9Btt-anB7qj3BwmAvb0Yx72nYNlalW8V-dS/s2048/VMarch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTTI-CIdkuD3q1ulq7hmGW6xBTzV-kqYQH-xka2RDHtIQqD_uuBUSwPBGCsRx1fRk2wvPgV8N3hHf93vbn8xMtHD5-ZpEdNs4TDGybCBarf4i0-sthVSHjh0D974vqjkC4Kuh2d4G-v3QhVwlObpdT9Btt-anB7qj3BwmAvb0Yx72nYNlalW8V-dS/s320/VMarch.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Deedee's aunt, my sister Ednita, passed away in March, because of throat/tongue cancer and Covid complications. She would have been 45 in April 13th. My own birthday was in April 8th, and quite bittersweet. But I am grateful about what I have, and the future ahead. Just... keep swimming. </div></span></div><p style="text-align: left;">Today we celebrate Easter. Deedee used to love this date. I am glad I came here to check on her pictures. I am sorry that I have been away for a bit, but life has taken us back to the future and beyond.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6vg7MCvKQ4MUEomkdTsGnV07cljBENy7oZpRTfoX5lsd6F60Mh_TG20CBVjh1RB3FdI5zuXyEItT8P_wjY-kxZGEGK_HLWUaj48DQsVD9Eyqa6OCpnUeJvFjg2ul7lyNlz64x586lBvp3NcRKClhxS2xesUme2tqKdJK1Dlc1VPSFmXHnSKNhvpJ/s669/Easter2012-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="669" data-original-width="669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6vg7MCvKQ4MUEomkdTsGnV07cljBENy7oZpRTfoX5lsd6F60Mh_TG20CBVjh1RB3FdI5zuXyEItT8P_wjY-kxZGEGK_HLWUaj48DQsVD9Eyqa6OCpnUeJvFjg2ul7lyNlz64x586lBvp3NcRKClhxS2xesUme2tqKdJK1Dlc1VPSFmXHnSKNhvpJ/s320/Easter2012-2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Please celebrate this day in family, hold each other tight and remember that HE HAS RISEN! We keep faith in a future where we all will be together again.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">10-4</p>Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-79414526787540265002020-08-17T21:27:00.015-04:002020-08-17T21:34:42.543-04:00A LITTLE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION, COCO STYLE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-gIZJK74kglDAqHZGqS1FbsxgqFgBXwKk0tlpJ2gdNxqdAxkJ8sOnDqm4bSdHPpIa1kksqp5R3dPBI0hOb2pDW1lmGVewynB6ms4nN8zG1fruQMgBhGg9cExPj3JuLM5a-w3sakqlOk/s864/coco-dd10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-gIZJK74kglDAqHZGqS1FbsxgqFgBXwKk0tlpJ2gdNxqdAxkJ8sOnDqm4bSdHPpIa1kksqp5R3dPBI0hOb2pDW1lmGVewynB6ms4nN8zG1fruQMgBhGg9cExPj3JuLM5a-w3sakqlOk/w328-h245/coco-dd10.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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HAPPY 13th BDAY DEEDEE!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZjEBo80rFuhhhc6-MlWD_8pmFpzqgQ_e5w9c-tXt73nE1CSA3qTDV_X5xpnB56vBSVfXJvMPvuOPvtZWrY-XWB88XtQPh_lEX0iDcGfxAC3UWwJbF2K7slOKL4rKXfzcenpzLhqzGKI/s774/ddheadbdaybanner.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="774" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZjEBo80rFuhhhc6-MlWD_8pmFpzqgQ_e5w9c-tXt73nE1CSA3qTDV_X5xpnB56vBSVfXJvMPvuOPvtZWrY-XWB88XtQPh_lEX0iDcGfxAC3UWwJbF2K7slOKL4rKXfzcenpzLhqzGKI/w328-h122/ddheadbdaybanner.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">Celebrating you is the sweetest task each year... </span><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">And the only task that also rips my heart in
pieces. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">But you know what? I love this pain because it means I love you that
much. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Living life without your sunshine is simply not the same... You are my
sunshine. God had to take you away because you needed it... I know... You went
through so much, good and bad... Too early you learned the disappointments of
people that you love so much who say they will be around, but they don't... Too
early your little heart experienced life... You lived in a world of beauty, vibrant,
filled with hopes and songs... And you lived in a world of humans where
obstacles were the order of the day simply because they could not go beyond the
physique and its limitations... You had to go, because even if it flipped our
lives in the worst way, it meant that you will no longer need a ventilator, a
wheelchair, physical therapy, hospital stays, cough assist, suctions and
percussion... Of course, you must miss your movies, your Wonder Pets, your
Pocahontas and Mulan, your teacher Mr. farina and your nurses Mashaela,
Peronette, Marie... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">You
must miss the marathon of taking you to the Museum Camp on Summers, visiting sharks at
the Aquarium, being greeted by giraffes at the zoo... grasping the might of
dinosaurs or just the lovely starry night at a campsite in the mountains... You
must miss our adventures filling up the pool in our living room so you could
move like a mermaid... You must miss our road trips, wary of the wheelchair
when it was kept in the back of our small car and we feared potholes... You
must miss meeting Kali and having her next to you while watching your favorite
cartoons... Also having her during your classes as she turned out to be a very
special assistant in your at home classes... </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">You
must miss how we celebrated everything! there was always an excuse to dress up
in costumes and let imagination run wild! There were pop-up books that brought
stories to life! And exercise with your running device... And bright hair
colors because your "divaliciousness" was always spot on! Yes, you must miss
being with me for so many hours while I beaded and braided your hair... when
you held the little beads like precious stones while I slowly went on, strand
by strand... </span><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">You must miss sleepovers
listening to the Spanish songs about the little ship that couldn’t sail, the
curtains in the room, Mambru goes to war and the cat that was drowning in a
well… Everyone wonders why Spanish kid songs are so tragic!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">So many things you must
miss… because I know I miss doing them with you. I remember you, your dreams,
your passions… You wanted to be an animation artist. You looked forward to meeting
Pocahontas in Disney. You looked forward to more campouts in the mountains… and
to Trunk & Treating with new friends… and to doing therapy with horses with
your very special friend… and visiting the sea again, but in your homeland
Puerto Rico… and being with your family, all of it. The world was at your
fingertips… You would dream it and we would make the wings so you would fly. God
granted you real wings.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">We miss your voice,
little one… your voice that no matter what we always heard. And your sister
misses growing up with you… looking up to you…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I know for you it will
be a blink of a wait, waiting for us to be together again… Close your eyes and
make your wish, baby girl… We will soon be there forever. In the meantime…
Enjoy your family in Heaven… and visit often your family on Earth… And catch
the sweet kisses we blow for you every night before going to sleep.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Loving you always. </span><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Remembering you always.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal cc_cursor" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Happy 13</span><sup style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; text-align: center;">th</sup><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">
birthday, dear Deirdre Valeria... May you watch over us and smile. We”ll be there
soon enough, love. Until then, we will be, for you.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Keep shining on us!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span face="" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;">Mommy, Daddy and Sis</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUqFPRhwy-RFvjVqPwgWbfg5k4orTb6OSBB22-4XU5KVGfSeimEue9HCxz-wiDkWpgnm3sXR22463khYC4ne6ntOE_NOmvNM6y4z0I60hw7kUmr8keky6Dic5mYEYZh5BIGTN9bII1Kg/s2048/dd-13th-coco.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSUqFPRhwy-RFvjVqPwgWbfg5k4orTb6OSBB22-4XU5KVGfSeimEue9HCxz-wiDkWpgnm3sXR22463khYC4ne6ntOE_NOmvNM6y4z0I60hw7kUmr8keky6Dic5mYEYZh5BIGTN9bII1Kg/w328-h262/dd-13th-coco.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><p></p>Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-4646917557879014512019-08-19T18:36:00.000-04:002019-08-19T19:53:05.095-04:00CELEBRATING OUR DIVA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-75634220677133817742019-08-17T23:56:00.000-04:002019-08-17T23:56:04.924-04:00HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY DEEDEE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear Deedee:<br />
Don't you ever think that we have forgotten you... You know very well that's not the case. We talk to you constantly, every day. Your sister always wishes for you, and I am certain she feels you very present in her heart. She sometimes get mad because you are not here with her, and she feels lonely... Well, it is up to you to let her know that she is never alone, and that you cover her with your lovely angel wings whenever she gets in trouble. We know you watch over her. We know you do so many little miracles for her... We know how you pamper her. Forgive her. Like us, she gets crossed because she cannot give you a big hug. Knowing doesn't ever agree with the heart...<br />
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Days are going so fast that I barely have time to catch my breath, or think about anything at all. I'm in the race, focused on making one dream come true so things fall into place. We are still misplaced, and you know it. You must get amused whenever we go crazy with our routines... You remember when I stayed up all night so many nights at the hospital, doing those webdesign projects? Nurses thought I was razy. You knew better. You slept soundly because you knew I was watching over you. That was my excuse to do so. I did my best to keep you safe... I hate that it was not enough.<br />
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So... I am studying. Sleeplessness has come back. Your sister was puzzled at why I had to study. She was baffled that me being "so old" was back in school. Well, one thing is certain, she is getting some modeling about being responsible and doing homework. Her reading has become flawless. She is into Harry Potter these days, and read the first 3 books quite fast. Now she's into the audiobooks... I wonder if you would have become a Potterhead too... Since you liked adventure and fantasy I'm inclined to think so. You were a tough cookie, but your mind was always flying into world of adventure and magic and songs. You would be into things like "Harry Potter: The musical". You were quite in deep with music... The soundtrack of your life is quite varied... and beautiful. A mix of metal and pop. Sugar and spice.<br />
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This summer was much bittersweet... I thought camp would be good for your sister, like it was with you... What you experiences in the Camp at the Newark Museum and that weekend at Camp Pontiac was amazing and powerful. You were surrounded by love, and experienced how love works. Kali is far from experiencing that... You know she has some issues... even if she's very bright and caring, she's been facing a mean world. Camp was ok for her, but she didn't really want to go because the people were keeping her apart. she felt so lonely... It broke my heart to listen to her. I did not expect what I heard. And on top of that, she cries and asks why you couldn't be here with her.<br />
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What can I say? What can I do? I miss you the same. I encourage her to look for you in everything that she do. Last week we went to Sea World. As we walked towards the entrance a butterfly fluttered around her, and then followed us for a while. When she saw it she immediately light up and exclaimed: "Deedee is with us". You know it. You always see this. I bet you smile being proud of her and of how she keeps you present. When we passed by Sesame Street, I had this knot in my throat... The little waterpark brought back so many memories of the Sesame Place... Remember how we covered everything in your wheelchair with plastic bags, and daddy just rolled you into all the sprinklers and streams? You had such a blast! You loved every second. Being there near the water sprinklers made me cry. Bittersweet memories... A perfect moment in time... We were surrounded by you. Yes, I know. You made your presence real strong last Sunday. Your birthday gift to us. "Sunny day, sweeping the clouds away... On my way to where the air is sweet".<br />
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Visit often, my love. We all need to have you around, even if just in spirit. Your sister needs you. Daddy needs you. I need you.<br />
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Hopefully we'll look at the starsand find the peace that only your eyes could give me.<br />
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Happy 12th birthday, my precious diva.<br />
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Love... Always.<br />
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From that moment there is nothing else that trying to climb up, up, out of the rabbit's hole. That moment was rock bottom, total destruction of so much built... our castle of glass shattered beyond repair, all fragments pulverized by the
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Where do we go from becoming numb yet feeling all your inner self ripped apart? Where do you go from the horror of total helplessness while everything moves around you at warp speed... while your reaction is slow... too slow to utter a
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It was a moment that went by and faded away for many... but one strong moment of heavy repercussions and instant constant of pain and anger and grief and sadness and loss. It is a constant that is ongoing and with each repetition keeps
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It has been 6 years since we lost our beloved diva, our first daughter, our champion of dreams, our inspiration for doing anything... Losing her... we lost everything. We lost ourselves. We broke, pulverized heart and soul. The worst and
the unthinkable danced in front of us, like a ghostly image that we could not touch... The heartbreak is still there. Six years have not made it better. The images of paleness and blood and strangers maneuvering attempts at miracles are as vivid as it was
then... We had hoped for a soft ending filled with warmth, a lovely letting go. Nothing could have prepared us for the cruel slap in the face that was fast, unmerciful, raw... Yes, raw is the right word. Nothing can surprise us now, as we lived through raw
horror. The feeling keeps its resonance each morning and each night. It has not changed. Looking for her at our side keeps on being an instinct... We are a family of 4, not 3. The sheer happiness of staring into her eyes, of making the impossible possible
is just gone. Trying to keep living implies fighting off this force around your throat that makes you gasp for air... It is a constant drowning.
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Six years... to look back and realize the beauty of time past. How beautiful she made every morning and every night. It was magical waking up and going to her, knowing she had asked for me... just knowing. We had a silent link. I knew what
she wanted, I knew what she was thinking, and I knew what she was dreaming of. I knew what broke her heart. I knew her wins, her glory, and her struggles. She never gave up. She fought until the end... And then some. The best of me was in her. We were entwined,
synchronized souls. And her departure... her departure was like when you reap away part of a plant taking some roots... Yes, she was planted elsewhere and she has bloomed to perfection in His garden... But here remains the hurting core, whose scar won't stop
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Each day is such a struggle in itself... Our struggle and our journey is not acknowledge by anyone around us. How difficult it is to smile... How difficult it is to follow the senseless rule of fake it until you make it... How little all
the mundane things that people around us talk about and complain about means in reality, as everything material has lost its luster in every sense, and all that we have is the mission to keep going, to climb up the rabbit's hole for Deedee's sister... because
Kali deserves the same passion and devotion and chance at life like Deedee had. It is twice hard as all our will, energy and dreams were taken in such a wrong way... It all felt wrong, and still does.
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One moment in time, our fate and destiny took a new turn. It still feels like we just watched a horror movie, prime time... Special effects that were so real... Reality is a nightmare. So, let's close our eyes... I'll close my eyes, as
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May your angel wings have such a wide span as to cover us all... Walk with us always...
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Deedee's godfather, Steve Sepulveda Ojeda, passed away last February. It has been very hard to acknowledge this fact... Steve was a pillar in Deedee's life. He was always there for her, both during the 5 years that she was with us and after her departure from Earth. He was also our best friend for over 30 years.<br />
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Steve was hard on the outside, molten marshmellow on the inside. He went above and beyond to make everyone around him happy. He was Deedee's favorite person, often visiting him in dreams, letting him know that life in Heaven is swell and that she was free of all earthly nuisances...<br />
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Steve was my right hand, best friend, partner in crime, coffee mate, ship counselor, brother from another mother. I took long to write this as his death hit me very hard, almost as hard as Deedee's death. The impact of both deaths has taken a big toll on me... Regardless... I had to say it here, as he was so important for Deedee as well... We know they are now having fun out there in Heaven, waiting for us. Both are free.<br />
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Rest in Peace, Uncle Steve. Now you are One with the Force. Give giant hugs to Deedee for us!Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-48878512660517545632018-04-23T08:39:00.002-04:002018-04-23T08:39:40.216-04:00LOOKING UP TO YOU<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Forever guiding our paths...<br />
Always missed.<br />
Loving you, my little star...<br />
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Sadly, it has been over a month since Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Communication with family was non-existent for 3 weeks. Thanks to a friend we learned all were well, and we finally got to exchange a few words. Our family is from the Western side of the isle, from Mayaguez. News did not really covered the rest of the area, just Area Metro, mainly because they could not reach any place because of blocked areas, flooded areas, landslides and the like. <br />
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The good news is that both my mother's home and my great-aunt's home were not badly damaged. So that was good. My great-aunt got water around 3 weeks after the hurricane, and light around 2 weeks ago. So far they have food and the basics. The rest of the island have not been that lucky. I have been deeply worried as my mother has cancer and has not been able to get her treatments... she's 75. My great-aunt needs constant supervision just to make sure she is fine and doing the basics, she is 94. <br />
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The hurricane highlighted the facts that I am far to help, and they need help... We cannot move to Puerto Rico because our life is where our immediate family is right now... My sister lives in Ohio with her husband and 3 kids. I live in Florida with my husband and 1 kid. We are trapped as there is no money to just travel to make sure things are ok... or take of business... Money is always a big factor that molds our lives into following the rat race and ties us up from doing what we want to do... simply because we don't have the means... Heck, we need help and we can't get it. Adding Hurricane Maria to our stress list, making it to the top of that list, has made life unbearable. There is no worse feeling than being powerless... not being able to do what your heart wants to do...<br />
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All in all, I wonder how things are doing in Deedee's resting place. Water must have got in... The beautiful flowers that our friend left there must be gone, everything cleared. It saddens me that I cannot just go there to reminisce while being close to what was... But then again, everything about the hurricane's aftermath is completely saddening.<br />
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There is hope for a new beginning in the isle. I have faith on that. I do not doubt nature will make the island beautiful again. What I doubt is the people... There is a big division that now is very noticeable... the good and the really bad. I keep faith that the good will prevail and the bad will get what they deserve.<br />
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November is here, daddy Mark's birthday was 2 days ago... Kali wants a necklace with Deedee's face... Our little family keeps running as the little train that could... Making things happen is becoming a big challenge... but we never give up. <br />
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My little warrior princess, you are not forgotten! Keep on flying high, and watching over your sister, who misses you dearly. We always love you... </div>
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On this day, AUGUST 17, 2007, 10 years ago, was born the North star of our lives. Deirdre Valeria Medina Rivera, a little spellbound entity, changed our lives forever. We had no idea that she would literally take us far, far away, to explore galaxies we had no idea about. Quiet and well behaved, thoughtful and wise beyond her age, even as a baby she bewitched because of her big bold eyes that spoke of things beyond us. <br />
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Because of Deirdre we fought the system. Because of Deirdre we left everything and started over in a foreign place, with only luggage and the certainty that wherever we were there was us and that was enough. Because of Deirdre we were pulled into the realms of endless hospital stays, endless medical professionals coming and going in our open home, endless heartache for we knew the ending... and endless hope and courage because we knew that the pages between the beginning and the end needed to be filled with an epic unique story filled with adventure, love and faith.<br />
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To any newcomer that may not know by now, Deirdre was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Spinal Muscular atrophy Type I. This diagnose is a death sentence, and parents are told to take your baby home and enjoy him/her until their passing. They give the child one year or less to live. SMA babies have severe muscle weakness so they cannot move, need breathing assistance, need feeding assistance and may not speak. Their minds are intact.<br />
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So, our Deedee was not able to lift her head, she could not move, she needed a gastrostomy tube (also called a G-tube), she needed non-invasive breathing assistance via a bi-pap ventilator, constant suctioning so she would not choke with her secretions, and because of bad intubations her vocal chords were affected and she could not speak. <br />
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Her first 3 years were spent almost constantly at PICU at the University Hospital of Newark, because of pneumonias. Her main care was under Dr.Bach, the expert of non-invasive treatment of SMA. The staff at the PICU became an extended family. We learned how to basically run a PICU at home. We faced flatlines, staring death right in the eye, way too many times. At home, we had nurses coming and going, mostly going as they would go once and become too scared to handle Deedee. Daddy Mark and me were the constant caregivers that understood how to handle and react to every single episode and alarm... and that was the main reason we could not work. Daddy handle all physical aspects (nurse training, respiratory care and respiratory therapies), I handled all administrative aspects (research, calls, appointments, advocacy). Only one nurse had what it took to stay with us through most of the years, Nurse Mashaela. One nurse, out of a pack of over a hundred. <br />
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When Deedee turned 3, she started preschool. Her teacher was Mr. Farina. He stayed as her teacher until the end. He helped us demonstrate just how bright and spunky Deirdre was. He treated her as a normal girl that just happened not to be able to speak or move. He shared a very special connection with Deedee, and she looked forward to every next day for every next lesson. He helped us in our main mission of giving Deedee a reason to want to live, to want to overcome so many obstacles. And thanks to him, she did with much happiness.<br />
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Our fondest memories are from the Camp at the Newark Museum. They made an exception for her and allowed her to assist while being supervised by me and by her nurse. It was there that Deedee played with other kids, and even participated on theatrical plays. She was ecstatic with this. She was an elephant, she was an Egyptian, she danced using her wheelchair... I felt that she had a taste of freedom and of real childhood when she attended the camp. Yes, at the camp she was herself... our diva... Our free diva!<br />
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Deedee's world was filled with special outings and special people who made things happen. Thanks to Nurse Perinette we had Deedee's first outing. It was to the Bronx zoo. After that, thanks to the Starlight Foundation we had outings to the Camden Aquarium, the Sesame Place and more Bronx Zoo. We visited the Insectropia, where Deedee touched a tarantula and other fun animals. We visited Virginia Beach thanks to a special foundation. We went to Camp Pontiac in the wilderness!<br />
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Little Airplanes Productions had us too to make one of Deedee's dreams come true: Being in a design studio (she wanted to become an animated artist). And then, we had big plans as Deedee was accepted for her Make a Wish trip to Walt Disney World to meet Pocahontas, her favorite Disney princess!<br />
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Deedee's life was filled with love, beauty and wonder. She lived to the fullest, always smiling with her eyes, always eager to explore more. She touched many lives, and she demonstrated many times how deep were her thoughts and her feelings. On Deedee's last birthday with us, she dressed up as Pocahontas. She was ecstatic with the mural of Grandmother Willow and receiving a plush of Meeko (Pocahontas sidekick pet). Many good news were in the horizon, as well as many plans (the Disney trip by Amtrak, hippotherapy (horseback therapy), new school year...). <br />
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Deedee earned her wings at 4:55AM on October 22, 2012. Our dreams and plans were drastically changed by the very unexpected... because of all things, she was most stable, she was most happy, and we were really looking forward to at least 10 more years of all of us beating the odds. Fate had something else written in her books... God needed a little mage in his realms, to help put some sass and sparkles to Heaven's flowers. And so... the fast train in which Deedee allowed us to travel came to a sudden stop. And all that its left in the aftermath of this event is... the most important and the most beautiful memories of my life.<br />
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It has been 5 years since Deedee's departure. This would have been Deedee's 10th celebration of her birth. We can only imagine what a lovely young lady she would have been... all she would achieved... how many people would she have bedazzled with her cunning mind and crystal clear soul. All in all... Deedee is not here in the flesh, but she walks with us as a guardian angel for her sister. She has given us many signals showing her constant presence... And we are both humbled and grateful for this. We always hold her tight in our hearts, we will never let go.<br />
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VISITING GIVE KIDS THE WORLD AUG-17-2017<br />
This is looking down-up. At the top of the ceiling you see a portal that holds some magic... And all the dots shaping circles within circles are the stars... This is a tower. If you look all around, the place is filled with stars... Each star is a special child that was granted a wish by Make a Wish Foundation.<br />
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Between the North and the West, looking up a bit, right over the doors, is Deedee's star.<br />
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Thanks to our SMA friends, the Gaynor Family, Deedee has her little place in a constallation at GKTW. Each year we go to this special place on her birthday, to honor her, gaze at the star, reminisce on wishes and dreams, and find a bit of hope. Today was no exception. If we cannot visit her resting place (as it is in Puerto Rico), this is where we visit her...<br />
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BIRTHDAY WISHES AT HOME<br />
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We could not get a cake, but we got some festive birthday doughnuts. I think Deedee would approve!<br />
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Happy birthday, Deirdre Valeria! See you soon, our little one!</div>
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Beauty lives on with us, as Deedee's spirit always soars before us, guiding our paths. She is our biggest love.</div>
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This year, we celebrate our DeeVa with <b>TARZAN</b>, another favorite movie. She loved Kala. And this song also sums it all...<br />
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<u><b>YOU'LL BE IN MY HEART</b> </u></div>
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Come stop your crying It will be alright </div>
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Just take my hand And hold it tight </div>
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I will protect you From all around you </div>
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I will be here Don't you cry </div>
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For one so small,You seem so strong </div>
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My arms will hold you,Keep you safe and warm </div>
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This bond between us Can't be broken </div>
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I will be here Don't you cry
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Cause you'll be in my heart </div>
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Yes, you'll be in my heart </div>
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From this day on
Now and forever more </div>
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You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say </div>
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You'll be here in my heart </div>
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Always </div>
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Why can't they understand the way we feel </div>
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They just don't trust what they can't explain </div>
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I know we're different, but deep inside us </div>
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We're not that different at all </div>
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And you'll be in my heart </div>
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Yes you'll be in my heart</div>
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From this day on
Now and forever more </div>
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Don't listen to them
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We need each other, to have, to hold </div>
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They'll see in time, I know </div>
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<b>When destiny calls you, you must be strong </b></div>
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<b>I may not be with you But you got to hold on</b></div>
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They'll see in time, I know </div>
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We'll show them together </div>
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'Cause you'll be in my heart </div>
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Believe me you'll be in my heart</div>
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I'll be there from this day on </div>
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<b>Now and forever more </b></div>
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You'll be in my heart
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Always
Always I'll be with you</div>
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I'll be there for you always </div>
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<b>Always and always </b></div>
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Just look over your shoulder </div>
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Just look over your shoulder </div>
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Just look over your shoulder </div>
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I'll be there </div>
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Deedee, you are always in my heart.<br />
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Today is the national SMA Awareness Day. Join us as we honor Deedee's memory. Lit a candle for her and for so many other angels and warriors.<br />
Always with us, never forgotten.Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-56146803843518335142017-06-09T19:37:00.003-04:002017-06-09T19:38:57.744-04:00EXCUSE THE TECHNICAL WOES!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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WONDER DEEDEE IS BACK UP AND RUNNING</div>
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For some reason the site was not behaving correctly. It was not going to any page. I had to restore it from scratch. Things are starting to move again. Both her info and SMA info are loading. I will be working on updating for 2012 and her memorial pages, but I can't promise that will be done this month... I do plan to update it for her birthday in August.</div>
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Here is my Wonder Girl. She really fit that description. </div>
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Loving you always, my dear wonder!</div>
<br />Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-88305494373103563092017-04-21T16:26:00.003-04:002017-04-21T16:26:25.724-04:00GIRA GIRA CARRUSELEn los tiempos de la diva, habia una cancion con la que siempre cerraba los ojos y dormia dulcemente...<br />
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En mi ventana veo brillar<br />
las estrellas muy cerca de mi<br />
Cierro los ojos, quiero sonar<br />
con un dulce porvenir.<br />
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Quiero vivir y disfrutar<br />
la alegria de la juventud<br />
No habra noche para mi<br />
sin estrellas que den luz...<br />
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Gira, gira carrusel,<br />
tus puertas de cristal,<br />
recorriendo mil caminos<br />
tu destino encontraras.<br />
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Candi, Candi, Candi... Candi.<br />
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-Cancion final de la serie de TV Candi Candi<br />
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4 years ago God went to His garden and picked our precious rose to bring joy and even more happiness into Heaven. </div>
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Missing my beloved <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002041583702" href="https://www.facebook.com/deirdre.medina.rivera" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Deirdre Medina</a>, always our Deedee the Diva, always walking with us in spirit... Forever 5 years old...</div>
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I can only keep the faith that I will walk in beauty when we meet again... so our hearts can be whole... and I'll be lost in your eyes, smiling for eternity. </div>
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Until then, gazing at the stars, as you are out there... My little rose...</div>
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The little angels still flank your earthly home. Some flowers and some butterflied still linger... It was a quick hello and goodbye. I promise to bring colorful flowers in November. Just as colorful and vibrant as you, my little enchantress.<br />
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Missing you, every second.<br />
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<br />Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-73281335938676789952016-08-18T11:16:00.000-04:002016-08-18T11:16:49.479-04:00Deedee's 9th Birthday: Princess Jasmine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nine years ago, life changed forever when a little miracle came to earth to warm the heart of a lonely spirit. Deirdre Beatrix was born, and the whole world stopped to celebrate her. When she openned her eyes, the infinite sky was reflected on them... From that moment on, there was no better pleasure than to get lost in her bewitching eyes, her bewitching smile, her bewitching self...<br />
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Nine years ago, little did we know that the little baby that could would take us in the most amazing adventure filled with drama, love, fear, joy, sadness, hope, horror, and faith. We faced a terminally ill diagnosis, yet proved doctors wrong. Deedee defied the odds, she defied death and she lived on her terms. At 5 years of age she did more and accomplished more than some people do in a lifetime! Sadly, also at 5 years of age her heart was broken beyond repair... and that is just when she decided it was better to let go and be free... She knew that life on Earth was an amazing ride, but a circle of ups and downs and dissappointments that would keep on hapenning especially for someone in her shoes... She knew so many things, wise Deedee... We hope we would be enough for her to rise beyond the trials that she faced, and she fought a good battle for herself and for us. In the end her little fragile body was not a strong enough vessel for such a titanic spirit, and in the blink of an eye she was took the golden chariot towards the Sun.<br />
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It has been 4 years since such a sudden departure... It has been an everyday of guesses and what ifs, of alternate realities and dreams, of loss and of belief. Whoever said it would get better... It won't. Whoever said life goes on, it is not the same. Whoever said survival will take over, well, resistance is futile. Whoever said it will get easier, lied. It gets harder. It gets angrier. It gets hopeless. It gets overwhelming. And it all has nothing to do with courage, or loosing faith, or not believing she is with us in spirit and will be with us forever at the end... It is not that. It is the daily nothings that you must do, and that in the depht of your heart means nothing to you because your real reason to breathe is gone and all you can do is endure... persevere... bite the bullet and keep swimming...<br />
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Some people gasp at the strength of will we've had because we have not rotten in a dark room... Some people still don't understand why we always talk about you, post your old pictures, keep you alive in our family and our hearts and why we celebrate you... To hell with them all. The good intended "you are so strong" is pure BS. The rest are just plain idiots. As long as we breathe we will always celebrate your life because you are still alive. You may not be tangible, but you are here just as emotions and faith and dreams are here. You are part of us, always. You are part of our reality, always. It is so overwhelming, because THAT much we love you... It hurts so much because THAT much we miss you... Imagine the biggest battleground, and so much strategy and moving so many pieces of your army to make victory happen... And then imagine that just when you reach the peak of that victory, just when you almost tasted it... it is gone. The real horror is the aftermath of the battle, when you have to gather the pieces of everyone and everything, and go on... when you have to face life under the "normal" that is just the most alien thought because there is no normal. There is no coming back to a blank slate. Everything changed. You mattered. You changed us. You showed us a better life. You restored us. You completed us. You made us better in every way.<br />
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Our candle in the wind, who showed us a whole new world.<br />
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And so this year we celebrate you with a Princess Jasmine birthday... Everything about you is a whole new world, with unbelievable sights... And endless love.<br />
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Happy 9th birthday, my dear warrior princess turned Valkyrie...<br />
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We remember.<br />
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Always.Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-69217126456685567592016-06-28T14:16:00.001-04:002016-06-28T14:16:15.044-04:00OUR DIVA IN SUMMER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another Christmas upon us... It was beautiful when we woke up and Kali said Merry Christmas Mommy, followed by a Merry Christmas Daddy... and then an unexpected Merry Christmas Deedee while looking up to the ceiling. Angel Deedee is always around, with us. Knowing this, and that Kali acknowledges it, may be the only true comfort. Love never dies.</div>
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And love is exactly what keeps Deedee alive with us. We did all that we did because of love. Deedee was always surrounded by love. The world was cruel and harsh, but she knew kindness and she touched many lives both nearby and far away... </div>
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Life without our Deedee has been a different journey that doesn't quite feel right. We ache to hold her in our arms... to see her thrive and accomplish so many things... Why was she so fascinated by sharks? Would she have become the digital artist that she wanted to be? Would she have turned to science instead? Would she still love purple, three years later? Would she still wake up at 4 in the morning to have mommy sleeping at her side? What new dreams would she have aimed for? How many people would have fallen under her spell?</div>
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I miss my diva.</div>
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I have no words to describe how much I wish for her, everyday. </div>
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Life goes on, but nothing is the same...</div>
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This would have been Deedee's 8th Christmas with us. It is her 4th Christmas in Heaven. </div>
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Here I leave you some memories from our beloved diva. </div>
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REMEMBERING</div>
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CHRISTMAS 2007</div>
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1ST CHRISTMAS</div>
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<br />Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-80986564248613545622015-10-21T22:59:00.003-04:002015-10-21T23:10:35.847-04:003RD Year From The Day You Earned Your Wings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is the eve of the day in which you earned your wings.<br />
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Time keeps running out for all the things I set out to do, places keep changing, people keep materializing and vanishing, dreams keep coming back to inspire and haunt and to lure into belief and hope.<br />
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What are we to do now... The forks that divided the river takes us deeper and farther, the waters keep running so fast and with such strength...<br />
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Stillness.<br />
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Bring us just some stillness.<br />
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Bring us time to feast our eyes on your beautiful face and your beautiful eyes... Bring us time to take flight with you and enjoy the world as your eyes now do.<br />
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Stillness.<br />
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And courage to face each day with a sunrise that just signals a burning star that is so far away yet brings us much warmth...<br />
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Warm stillness... Warm cozy, gentle and swift wind that blows clouds of memories that we hold on to as if soft strands of your precious hair were just there waiting for glam and some sparkly pizzazz and colors of rainbows and dreams and unicorns and super-hero pets...<br />
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Stillness... Past, present and future in multiples paths playing multiples games and all ending up in just one... One you. One me. One us. One infinity that will always be connected and will always find courage and go on... Raising from the ashes... Raising from what some will see as imminent defeat.<br />
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One piece of infinity lived here on Earth is nothing compared to the infinity in which we'll hold each other's hands and in which we'll loose each other into each other's gaze...<br />
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We are but one soul. Different lives. Different bodies. Different stages. Different flights. Always one soul.<br />
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Always alive within me.<br />
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Alway alive in me. Around me. Forever. Peace and stillness...<br />
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Three years have been stolen from our human time together... Fly onwards into new worlds, with the freedom and joy you deserve beloved child.<br />
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But do come home... In the end,<br />
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Understood?<br />
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Forever.<br />
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Stillness...<br />
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I love you, my dear diva.Viernahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03344026446892276772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613527581486082866.post-36430977335297610032015-08-17T12:12:00.003-04:002015-08-17T13:09:43.527-04:00HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY DEEDEE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year Deedee's birthday theme is The Lion King. She loved this movie with passion, and because of it she understood very well what is the Circle of Life. She understood about life and death. And she understood the importance of being true to yourself, and that as life went on after death everyone that seems to go away lives on within us, within our hearts.</div>
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We celebrated going to Give Kids the World, checking out Deedee's star. Located in the Potted Galaxy, 563134. We will forever be grateful to the Gaynor Family, who put up a star for Deedee in their visit on 3-3-2013. In the notes she is mentioned as Sofia's sister, who passed away and did not make it to her wish trip.<br />
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Celebrating Back Home</h2>
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And she blew the candle in Deedee's name.</div>
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And here we are, our little family.</div>
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Our Diva, our Sunshine, our inspiration....</div>
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Happy 8th birthday, big girl!</div>
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May your days be filled with happiness and joy.</div>
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May you live in blessings and walk in beauty always.</div>
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I love you.</div>
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We love you.</div>
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Always remember...</div>
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