Oscar's Odyssey/Stella's Story

In the hopes of providing some remanence of normalcy I thought it best to wrap up our year with our typical holiday cheer and look back on our family happenings. We hope and pray that you and your family are doing well during these strange times and look forward to hearing from you during this holiday season. It is hard to believe that we have a kindergartener in our house as Theodore started school this year. We have been forced to balance mostly learning from home with schools in our area being either closed or on a modified schedule. We are blessed to have Julie at home so she can use her expertise and help guide Theodore in his learning. Brooks is motoring around the house while always trying to keep up with Theodore and his older cousins. He has fallen in love with his Tory Story characters and the phrases “To Infinity and Beyond” and “Howdy Partner” from Buzz and Woody echo through our house. The pandemic opened an opportunity for Julie to start Oscar’s Garage which quickly turne

3 years today since Oscar left us and went to Heaven. I can't help, but replay his last days in my mind and vividly recall certain details. For any parent with a sick child whether that child was an infant, child, teenager, or adult those last days, hours, and minutes are such a blessing to have, but still so painful when you allow yourself to really remember them. You look back and you can't help, but wonder if you made the right decisions, did you push them too hard, why didn't you see how sick they really were. Those are things that after 3 years I still wonder and I am sure always will.  To someone that hasn't lived through their child dying you are probably thinking that doesn't seem healthy, but for us that have lived through this I beg to differ that I think it is completely normal. You see as a parent you always want to do what is best for your child to make sure they are happy, healthy, and feel loved. My child is not here to think about those things prese