WELL WE JUST RETURNED FROM MICHIGAN AFTER 2 WEEKS OF STAYING WITH MY MOM AND DAD. WHAT A WHIRLWIND. ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE HAD 38 SIBLINGS AND THEIR KIDS IN MY PARENTS HOME. TALK ABOUT LOUD!! EVERYONE LOVED HARRISON AND HE WAS NOT SHY AT ALL. HE LOVED THE SNOW THE MOMENT WE GOT OFF THE PLANE AT 1100 PM. OUR CONNECTING FLIGHT IN DETROIT WAS DELAYED, AND THAN TOOK OFF, BECAUSE OF A BLIZZARD IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICH, BUT THANKFULLY WE FINALLY LEFT…AND FOUND OUT ALL FLIGHTS AFTER THAT WERE CANCELED .
HARRISON WENT SLEDDING, THREW SNOWBALLS, THREW HIMSELF IN THE SNOW, ROLLED IN IT, DANCED IN IT, MADE SNOW ANGELS AND NEVER SAID HE WAS COLD. I TOOK VIDEOS AND WATCHED FROM THE WINDOW… A LOT… SINCE IT WAS MOSTLY THE GUYS OUT THERE. AND I GOT THE COLD/FLU HE CAUGHT AT SCHOOL, TIM SUBSEQUENTLY GOT IT, AND MY DAD AND SISTER,ETC…
BUT WE SURVIVED AND HAD FUN. MY DAD AND HARRISON BECAME POWER RANGER PALS, AND WITH MY MOM HE IMPRESSED HER WITH HIS ARTISTIC SKILLS AT 5 YEARS OLD…ALSO MY DAD COACHED HIM IN BASKETBALL AND HE LOVED DRIBBLING 75 ON THE RIGHT AND 49 ON THE LEFT. WE WENT SWIMMING AT THE YMCA ONE COLD DAY, WE SAW ‘THE TALES OF DEVEREAUX” ..HE PUT ON A KNIGHT HELMET AND SWORD, AND IMPROVISED A BEAUTIFUL DANCE WHILE WE LISTENED TO MY NIECE SING A GORGEOUS RENDITION OF ‘O HOLY NIGHT’ ..HE OBVIOUSLY TOOK IT LITERALLY, AS IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE..HE TOLD ME ,’KNIGHTS DON’T USUALLY GO TO CHURCH, BUT TONIGHT IS A HOLY NIGHT…” IT WAS REALLY MOVING..HE MADE MY MOM BE AN ANGEL AND I WAS SOME KIND OF FAIRY…
WE GOT UP AT 4 30 AM EASTERN S TIME AND HE WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS..AND HE AND I FLEW BACK TOGETHER,AS TIM RETURNED TO WORK 2 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS..AND THE GIFTS AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE ARE RIDICULOUS…YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE OUT THERE..WE CAN’T THANK YOU ENOUGH… WE’RE ONLY OPENING A FEW A DAY…AND WE PRETEND THEY’RE FROM SANTA RIGHT NOW..AS HE DOESN’T KNOW YOU LIKE I DO… BUT I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.