Oscar's Odyssey/Stella's Story

As the calendar turns over to yet another year it is time for a Kaser family update. We pray and hope this note finds you and yours enjoying time surrounded by loved one’s frolicking in all of your favorite traditions. Over the summer we added to our ranks! Brooks Graham Kaser was born July 5th and his smile always brings joy to our day, even if it is followed by a river of drool. Currently, he is working on pushing his first teeth through and his best baby dinosaur roar impersonation. We also have a preschooler now! Theodore attends half days Monday through Thursday at the school right across the street. He always comes home with a good story or carefully manicured craft. Other big news for Theodore he just turned 5. We celebrated his birthday just over a month ago with his first all kid party. The theme was Star Wars and you might just say it was out of this galaxy. Our boys truly keep us on our toes, but we are always left wondering the adventures we would have if Oscar were he

            December 22, 2017 was your original due date and instead it became the day we buried you and remembered your life with others. I will never forget watching your Dad, pick up your little white casket from the back of the hearse and carrying you to your final resting place. It was a gloomy day that day, overcast, it was as if the clouds were joining in our sadness over laying you to rest. 2 years later it is a much different day. The sun was out, and although there is still much sadness over you not being here with us. We actually have joy and hope again. We miss you Oscar Graham , but we are healing and we know we will see and hold you again. #OscarStrong #ChristmasInHeaven Today at church I was chuckling at the songs they choose to play at the end of service they weren’t Christmas songs. Well it is because they were meant for someone like me to hear today as a sweet reminder that God knows my heart and he has Oscar “Till He returns or calls me home”. Thank you Westgate

My Dear Theodore, I first want to tell you that you and your brothers are the greatest joys in your Dad and I’s life. You are our biggest accomplishments. When you came into the world 5 years ago my life changed for the better. It no longer was just Dad and I, but we now had a sidekick, you, to do everything with. In those early years, and even now you bring such new perspective to the world. Everything is bigger, brighter, and more joyous through your eyes. Thank you for giving us that gift to see this world the way you see it. Now for my apology. Two years ago you became a big brother and with that you became like a source of life for your Dad and I. With your baby brother, Oscar, being sick and then dying we placed a lot of stress on you. You couldn’t articulate it, but you felt Mom and Dads' sadness, our pain, our grief, our stress, our hopelessness. You kept going though. You were the reason we got out of bed that first year, the reason we went and did things, you we