Happy Father’s Day to all. It’s been a bittersweet day to say the least, plus the last 7 weeks my beautiful wife has been stricken with health issues due to a botched operation she had at one of our wonderful state-run hospitals. I’m actually going to set up a website to address those issues separately. Anyway, back to our bittersweet day, our son Michael, our grandson Xavier (aka our 4th Son) and Mike’s fiancée Jessica, the mother of our grandson, moved out of our home today to an apartment an hour away from us. The move was inevitable and was a steppingstone Mike and Jessica needed to take. The move was financially beneficial for my son and his family due to the location of most of the job sites he works on.
The main issue is that our grandson Xavier has been with us since his birth, 591 days he has lived with us, through the teething, his first tooth, rolling over, crawling, walking, first words, fevers, runny noses, everything a little boy goes through in 1 year, seven months and 13 days. He has been a gift in my wife’s and my life, I can’t explain in words how much love we feel for him, Xavier is truly our 4th son, and no one can ever take that away from us. It takes a lot to bring tears to my eyes, but I cried today along with my wife as we said goodbye to Xavier, he fell asleep in my arms as I sang the song “Hallelujah” to him, I then placed him in his car seat and both my wife and myself kissed him goodbye. He was sleeping so he never got to say goodbye to his Nanny and Pop-Pop, I don’t know if that made the goodbye easier, but it was hard not to get that last “Luv You” from our little guy and his special kiss and hug before he moved on to his new home. I know it hasn’t hit us yet, but the house is very quiet now, we had breakfast with him almost every morning, he would sit on our laps switching back and forth between us, he would help me make my wife’s instant breakfast drink in the blender, Xavier and I had our little routine every morning. I will truly miss that, but like all things in life, they change, but to let go of someone as special as Xavier after 19 months is something, I wouldn’t wish on anyone. His daily smiles and laughter will truly be missed, I always dreaded this day and thought maybe it would never come, but it came out of nowhere and hit us like a ton of bricks. Anyway, I could go on forever, so there is just one last thing I want to say,
“Goodnight Xavier, Nanny & Pop-Pop Love You”
RLM