Here it is a year after we dedicated this tree to you. Look how it has grown. Grown with love.
Over the past year our family and friends have placed mementos on this tree for you.
Things you would have liked, and this year the tree became famous!
This tree Frank, brings me comfort and peace.
It's a place where we all can visit you and feel your presence. The kids love it!
Amanda hears you talk to her through the windchimes and of course Nicholas is constantly hitting the windchimes!
Well, Frank, it doesn't get easier and we all know that.
These balloons are for you, catch them and know we love and miss you very much!
Your sister,
Eileen
20 balloons to celebrate the Tree's Anniversary.
"Frank's Harley"
"Castle in the Sky"
Amanda read "The Legend of The Butterfly"
To make a wish come tru,
whisper it to a butterfly.
Upon these wings it will be
taken to Heaven and granted,
because butterflies ate messengers to God.
Please make your special wish as I release these butterflies...
Eileen read her own little wish...
As we stand here today, I know we all miss someone...
Alot of us miss the same people.
You all know how I try to keep my brother here with me and all of us...
Well I once read this story...(Don't worry Frank..it's short! HaHa!! He always said I talk too much!!)
The caterpillar said to God.."do I have to die to become the butterfly"? God replied.."no you still live, you only change your form".
Well I believe this is true..
The plaque on Frank's tree reads
"what the caterpillar thinks is the end of the world..the butterfly knows is only the beginning"...
So as we stand here today on Amanda's Communion Day we will release these beautiful butterflies to Frank and let him share them with my great grandmother my Nanny, my grandfather, Aunt Honey and more recently to Geraldine and Pepe...and of course to all those who you may have loved and lost. Know that they are not gone..they have only changed their form....
As you look at these pictures of the butterflies I must tell the story...
I ordered the butterflies about 8 months prior to the communion. They come from Texas. That is where they are grown and over night mailed to you for your occassion. They arrived the Friday before the party and they remained in their container with ice packs on them. The instructions said..."prior to delivery these butterflies were hand fed and exercised"...Well you know Jimmy was wondering how they exercise and decided that they make them exercise their wings....think about that for a minute..it is actually very funny!!On the day of the occassion...you need to remove the butterfly release box and keep it in the warm and sun for about 1 hour prio to the release so the butterflies will wake up and fly....well needless to say the release bos=x started to flutter and the butterflies were ready but after all the months of anticipation...now I was terrified of them!!! Amanda was brve though and she did a great job releasing them...please take note on the pictures that when they were released, they flew to Amanda...onto my mothers shoulder and onto Jimmys camera.....I know that was Frank..this was all the same butterfly that did these things....
This one butterfly stayed at the party the whole time while the kids chased it and picked it up. It always found it's way back to Amanda!! I know this was a sign from Frank that he was there....We also found a penny and a quarter that day on our way to the party. Whether these signs are really from Frank or not, they sure make me feel a little better thinking he is still here with us....Thank you to everyone who was able to share in this beautiful day and for those who couldn't be there....Aunt Ceal and Lisa once again are bringing all the beauty of the day to you through this website....Again as always I thank them for all their hard work and support. I must also thank Rita (Amanda's Godmother) for the beautiful speech she gave to Amanda and as always she included frank...Rita believe me when I say that Frank is saying "thank you...BOT"....
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