A celebration of our kids

       

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At this point in our summer vacation, with the two weeks winding down to a matter of mere days…I am constantly reminded of how much joy our children bring to our lives. It is a special summer with Jessie on the path to her new life in college and both boys growing so quickly. This video is a montage of our captured kid moments during this trip so far. I decided to set it to Tom Petty’s “Free Falling” song…why you ask? This is a song that I used to dance/rock Jessie back to sleep when she was a small baby. It seemed the only combination that would do it. Years later…as I was driving in the middle of the Jersey night to join Teresa in the hospital for the birth of Jack…this very same song came on the radio and greeted me as I turned into the Hospital parking lot. Three years later, after having just been at the birth of Joshua in Portland, OR I headed out to the car to drive home and catch a quick shower. As soon as I turned on the car, yes, this very same song started playing on the radio.

Fate? Who knows…but what I do know is that whenever I hear this song, it brings back a flood of happy emotions about my children, with whom I’m so in love!

Enjoy!  (just click on the link below)
http://www.drakesplace.com/children.html