Tuesday, July 31, 2007

When You're Gone - Video

This is my first post about my Mom, with some help from my little sister Tina. Though I think everyone who reads this blog knows me, just in case, here's the history....My Mom passed away suddenly on January 1st of this year. In hindsight, I wish I had this blog to put some of my thoughts and feelings down back then. Instead, I put my energy into the MomSite. I haven't updated it in a while - Work got busy and I think just doing the site was enough "therapy" for me.

So....on to Tina's contribution. Tina originally sent me the video below to put on the MomSite. Since I hadn't been updating that, I decided to post it here. The video has 3 story lines, one of which is about an older couple where the Mom dies. That alone would be emotional for us six kids, but Tina got the extra whammy - one of the other stories in the video is about a Marine who is sent to Iraq, like her husband Gary. I wouldn't say I am an Avril Lavigne fan (too old!) but this is pretty good. Normally I'd say enjoy, but in this case, just watch.

(If the embedded video doesn't work, try this link.)


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Mark,
I enjoyed looking at the pictures of your mom and dad through the years. We forget that our parents (yours in this case) were ever as young as we are.
I also showed Emma a picture of Nathan from the funeral reception. She just kept saying...wow!
Thanks for sharing all the pictures.

Anonymous said...

mark, thanks for posting the video. i guess we all have our ways of dealing with all the emotions of this year--gary and i like to use music and movies. we actually watched the video together when he was home, and that makes it even more special. a special "thank you" for the Mom's album and for making me smile.