We miss you all the time but more lately, but thank you for watching over Cindy, the cats & your house during the hurricane.  As you know, they made it through. And Thursday she finally got her electric back on. So today Don & I are remembering your birthday & some happy memories. 

Ed, please help watch over Cindy.  It looks like this storm is going to be a direct hit.  Her local circle is staying home as she is.  

Just this past week, we finally got our boat running& we were out on the water & reminiscing about that sand bar Ed & Cindy ran up on as we passed it.  Don is reminding me how nervous Ed was to try to bring the Island Princess up our little Chink Creek off Bear Creek. Our boat is only 19’ & the Princess was considerably bigger. That when without incident & when they went to leave, Don reminded Ed to avoid the sandbar out in Bear Creek……well, thankfully Ed had an extra propeller & all we needed to do was motor some tools out to them so he could switch out the prop. We all kinda had a good laugh that day, & in classic Chaney-Schaal style, endless ribbing over the years.  Ed handed Don the damaged prop that day & for some reason, we still have it.
There are so many little memories or times wishing we could consult Ed for his viewpoint, so many times over these past 3 years.  
Don will be wearing your hat Cindy gifted him, today.  We miss you often.

I just watched the movie A Star Is Born.  I wasn’t aware of the storyline when I chose it.  I was so unprepared for the ending.  And the song.  I swear someone reached int my heart and wrote what they saw.  Now I can’t get it out of my head.  These are the lyrics:  "I'll Never Love Again”
Wish I could, I could've said goodbye
I would've said what I wanted to
Maybe even cried for you
If I knew, it would be the last time
I would've broke my heart in two
Tryin' to save a part of you

Don't wanna feel another touch
Don't wanna start another fire
Don't wanna know another kiss
No other name falling off my lips
Don't wanna give my heart away
To another stranger
Or let another day begin
Won't even let the sunlight in
No, I'll never love again
I'll never love again, ooh

When we first met
I never thought that I would fall
I never thought that I'd find myself
Lying in your arms
And I want to pretend that it's not true
Oh baby, that you're gone
'Cause my world keeps turning, and turning, and turning
And I'm not moving on

Don't wanna feel another touch
Don't wanna start another fire
Don't wanna know another kiss
No other name falling off my lips
Don't wanna give my heart away
To another stranger
Or let another day begin
Won't even let the sunlight in
No, I'll never love

I don't wanna know this feeling
Unless it's you and me
I don't wanna waste a moment, ooh
And I don't wanna give somebody else the better part of me
I would rather wait for you, ooh

Don't wanna feel another touch
Don't wanna start another fire
Don't wanna know another kiss
Baby, unless they are your lips
Don't wanna give my heart away
To another stranger
Or let another day begin
Won't even let the sunlight in
Oh, I'll never love again

Love again
Oh, I'll never love again
I'll never love again
I won't, I won't, I swear I can't
I wish I could but I just won't
I'll never love again
I'll never love again, oh
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 And how could I?  I’m still sodeeply forever in love with you and always will be.  Here we are. One day closer.

It’s the 3rd Christmas since we all lost Ed.

It’s true that we often don’t fully appreciate things until they’re gone.  Ed’s Christmas joy was just a constant.  Every, single, year, without fail.  He just loved this holiday with the a child like innocence.  

So now when I see a dancing Santa figurine or like yesterday, this 12” long Star Trek, Enterprise amongst the Hallmark ornaments, I can think of no one else.   For me, Christmas & Ed will forever be connected.  We always end up talking about him.  I like to think he’d be happy about that.

I’m sitting here thinking about Ed but since Cindy has asked that we write down some of our memories for her I’ll try to get some of these in print.

Ed had such a love for this holiday it’s hard to think of Christmas & not Ed at the same time.
This being the 1st Christmas without him is difficult for me but has to be heart wrenching for you, Cindy.  In my mind I can hear him singing his silly songs.  He loved all kinds of decorations, the more animated the better. I especially remember the dancing Santa as a favorite. But anything, like the laser light I found for him, before they became commonplace, seemed to delight him.  He will always be Mr. Christmas.

The holiday season is always synonymous with visiting, but whenever you guys visited throughout the year, we could always count on Ed “investigating” where the goodies were (most often in that cabinet in our dining-room) & every find was met with an “ooh, Cin! Look...fill in here whatever cookie or goodie he found.  If I was expecting you I would often buy something special & Don would pretend to hide his stash & I would put it back where Ed could find it!

Of course Ed seemed to view almost everything with the same lighthearted approach.  He liked to find the humor is life.

Don & I will always remember the counter installation in the Maryland house & the dreaded kitchen counter chip!  Of course Don loved to remind Ed that he was never able to borrow a trailer without getting at least one broken taillight! Ed even eventually began buying replacement tail lights in the bulk packaging!  When we gave you guys the trailer, Don said Ed had more invested in it by way of tail lights than we did!  But Don says Ed always countered back with the fact that you guys lost money on the sale of the house due to that chipped kitchen counter.

While for Don & I, Christmas & Ed has always been forever linked, perhaps you don’t know that the same goes for Disney.

My 1st visit to Disney with Don, came with the delightful ear-worm of Ed’s rendition of “ It’s A Small World ”.  I think perhaps we may have skipped that ride if not for that song in our head....on repeat.  I just had to experience it.  Thank you, Ed.  Love & miss you terribly.

 we were out one night and a guy came over to him w an attitude and ed never broke his smile. the guy said hey karate man what would you do if I punched you right in the face. while smiling and laughing Ed said well I would probably fall down and bleed alot and kept laughing. We all laughed while he taught us all by example. the guy walked away without a word❤️

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Last week was another tough one ... Edward and I spent many a summers down at OC that everywhere I looked brought back memories of some of adventures together ... Wendy, Katie, Jessie and Sophie stayed at the Princess Royale on 91st street which is right across from Lombardi Pizza ... now Lombardi used to be located during the 50’s and 60’s around 1st street on the Boardwalk and known as the “Tower of Pisa” ... Edward from age 4 and me would have a slice at least every other day during our weekly family vacations and afterwards head down to Thrashers Fries for some vinegar soaked potato sticks of magic .... even when Edward and I went down the Ocean City with Mom and Dad or with each other during the the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s we always stopped at both for pizza and fries ... and of course it is now part of my familys ritual every year we go to OC ... Another yearly stop later on in life was when they opened Seacrets ... Edward loved the Jerk Chicken and watching the sunsets with Rumrunner in hand ... the fishing pier stretching out into the ocean, Trimper rides, the boardwalk, the beach, deep sea fishing watching everyone chum the waters for us, bay fishing with Dad, Frontier Town amd campsite, the Sandyhill Motel where I taught Edward how to swim, sandcrabs, diving the waves and riding them in on rafts, (about 10 years ago we were in the ocean with the riptide banging the hell out of all our replacement parts but neither one of us wanting to admit they had had enough) and the last time Edward, Cindy, Wendy, Katie, Jessie, Sophia, and I spent on the beach together, no matter where I was last week, Edward was there with me ... and he always will be. Missing you Boy ..