Happy birthday Dane

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Dane planted this rose bush a few years ago......it’s blooming for Mother’s Day!

Happy birthday!

Christmas day.....

YA!

<3

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6W0d9xMhZbo

Gotta agree with John Oliver about this year.....  I hope you are dancing

Get out & vote!

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!

You would not believe all the stuff that's been going on down here!
 

Happy Mother's Day!
 

Miss you everyday....,

Angel Stadium.....The Go Go s, Madness & BOWIE!  We had fun that day.....

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

:)

State Championships!  2nd place!  :)

So happy to see these events in his life, can't help but wish you were here to see them too... but you are, aren't you... 

He's 18!!!  <3

Happy Birthday Sayuri!  Miss you!

Miss you!

From & for Dane......

Luv u!

He wanted Korean BBQ.....Thanks for helping me remember this place. (Chosun Galbi)   

3 years tomorrow... I miss you everyday!
 

Happy, happy 14th birthday Dani!  <3 

Dani was watching Glee.....I told her, "you know in real life, people just don't break out singing like that".  "You're so mean, Auntie Shelly"........

I was in Vons.  This song came on.  I started singing along a little louder than I would normally.  I turned the corner and ran into someone else singing along too.

I guess I was wrong Dani, LOL.

The song made me think of the time we saw them in concert at Disneyland....

Miss you. 

On to high school.  We are very proud of you Dani!

Happy, happy 16th birthday, Dane!

 Love you!

You are very missed.....especially this month.

Happy, happy birthday Sayuri.  

Love you always. 

I was on the way to Jan's Health Bar for a soy turkey sandwich when this song came on.  I don't remember you listening to the Kinks but it felt like you......I hope it was you and I hope you are right.

I can't believe it's been almost 2 years.  Somedays it feels like it's been longer, somedays it feels like yesterday.  

I miss you!
 

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Your salad with pear and asiago cheese was a hit  :)

Merry Christmas Sayuri....... I miss you!

* the song is for your daughter <3
 

On the way to work this morning an Emotions song came on.......I've heard it many, many times since you have been gone but for some reason this time it made me think about both of us sitting in the back seat of the brown Chevy Impala singing along with the 8 track........

Happy, Happy Birthday Dani!  10/29/12
Duke's with Bachan, Dane, Dad & Cindi 

930 Sushi with Gichan & Toni!
 

The last time I was there was with you.......it has changed a bit but still absolutely beautiful!

When you moved to Hawaii, I thought you were brave and admired your nerve....... I still do.


 

Yesterday I was remembering when we were young, going to Santa Monica for 4th of July every year with Dawn, Marc & Paige.... we would divide up our fireworks and you would always be the first one to light yours, even after your hair caught on fire that one time.....you were always so fearless.....

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 I stole your extra car key one year.  You were working at Contempo in the Westminster Mall and would be working on your birthday.  I grabbed Omar and made him go with me.  We stood in the parking lot blowing up balloons and stuffing them in the car.  I thought Omar was going to pass out.  It took a long time but we managed to fill the entire car.  (Black RX7)  I wish I had been there to see your face when you came out of work.  I'm pretty sure you thought it was funny....

Happy Birthday Sayuri.....




 

Exactly one year ago I was up in the middle of the night typing an email to a friend.....telling him that something was wrong.  I didn't know at the time that what was wrong was you had left us.

This has been a very long year.......

Dani graduated Mariners and we made sure she had a dress from Betsey Johnson as you promised her.  It was blue and white seersucker with a huge bow at the back and she looked just beautiful.  She started at Ensign in the fall and has 1 class with Sean.

Dane graduated from Ensign and started at Newport Harbor.  He played football, as you would have liked.  I tried to make it to as many games as I could.  He is now playing lacrosse with John.   I don't know when it happened but he is much taller than me & thinks it's funny.....

You would be proud of them both.  

Kenji is doing well and still likes to sit on my purse....what's up with that?  It's just weird! 

Sean is still playing guitar but has moved on from Green Day to U2 and actually got to see them in concert twice.  Blake graduated and is now working and living in  North Carolina.  Kathy bought a new Jag....fancy!  The heated seats even massage you.

Vicki's house is no longer pink... and Dani and Bachan are preparing for their trip to Japan in April.

A couple of days ago someone passed along a message they said was from you.  They said you wanted to tell me to go to Hawaii.  Not Fiji, the Bahamas or Belize....you said Hawaii.   They said you told them it would be healing for me... I hope so.... 

This song is not a you song.  I don't even know if you liked it.  I just know that for some reason I latched on to this song after you passed away and listened to it over and over again for a couple of weeks......

Very simply, I miss you. I love you. I wish with all my heart that you were here...then you could meet me in Hawaii.......