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4/26/2014

Cassidy started playing softball for the first timeand at on e of her practices, Keith said to me that he heard one of the coaches calling a girl on the team "Bub". Then we both heard him say "Come on Bub", "Let"s go Bubs" which is her nick name. All throughout the game we heard "Bubs and Bubs". Me and Keith just looked at each other when we heard it, it is what I called Alec all the time...coincidence...nope...Alec's Magic
And last night as we were watching her first game, a couple stood near us to watch the game and we realized they were the sweet couple who coached Alec when he played baseball on the Challenger league and Cassidy because she was one of Alec's Buddy's. Then I remembered their last name and realized that their son is Cassidy's head coach. coincidence..nope...Alec's magic

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Just call my name and I'll be there

4/10/2014

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We were eating dinner and talking about Alec and signs from him and we had Ellen on. She had a guy on a you tube video who is a fast rapper and we are all watching him and then I see it, he has a baseball hat on and it has a Giraffe on it plus it is a Green hat!

Lately especially, when ever I am talking about Alec, I get an instant sign from him.

Nicole was over one day and as usual happens, we were talking about Alec and I had the tv on but we weren't watching it, but I heard them say Alec, and we both watched the tv and they were talking about a female model and her name was "Alec" and they must have said Alec 3 or more times. I mean a female named Alec ?!

Later the same day, I was talking to Beth on the phone and I was telling her about my day that I worked at the special needs school. I told her how hard it was for me because the children and so many things there reminded me of Alec so much. And she comforted me in her usual way, and then she excitedly said," Lau, I am in the dollar store and there is a sign that says "You are Amazing", then she says, "Oh my gosh ,right below is a picture of a Giraffe". SHe said I am buying them for you..which she did. It was really amazing that here I was talking to her about Alec and she gets a sign from him.

And this sign is pretty amazing ...I have to share.
I was on the highway last month and a car was pulling onto the highway in front of me, it was a navy blue Cadillac. I instantly thought of my Uncle Johnny, my Godfather (who is in heaven) because he only drove Caddy's and he once had a navy blue one. As i get closer to the car, the license plate say "Johnny" or "John" , that was it , no numbers or other letters. It blew me away, I called Beth right away to tell her and blew her away too. Right after I told her, she was even more blown away because as we were on the phone, her son Connor had just picked up a picture of Alec in his baseball uniform off their mantle that Beth didn't even realize was there,( it must've been laying down).

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Kristen

4/3/2014

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When we were at Jeff's Place (the support group for grieving families) last week, everyone lights a candle for their loved one when we get there and when we leave someone comes up with a question about our loved one and one person from each family answers it when we put the candle out.
This question was , what did your loved one do for work or want to be when they grew up?
Me, Keith and Cass just looked at each other not knowing, and then it came to me, Alec would always say, "When I grow up, I want to be Kristen."
Kristen was his regular nurse at the Jimmy Fund and Alec adored her (we all did). She was the first nurse he had when he first seen as an infant, and then he had Trisha as his regular nurse for awhile who is amazing too. Just so happened that Nicole knew Trisha from Terri doing her and her families hair, which helped us bond, and Trisha has a great sense of humor so she could always make us laugh even when we were so worried. She would say a prayer when she was drawing Alec's blood and was having a tough time. I have to admit that at first her happiness and sense of humor seemed wrong to me as I was in complete despair, but I soon came to love it and look forward to it and seeing her as she could always make us laugh and smile. A great person and nurse.
Back to Kristen, Alec got Kristen as his regular nurse when Trisha cut down some of her nursing time to do other tasks at the clinic. Kristen was always so caring and gentle and Alec looked forward to seeing her, it was always difficult for him if she wasn't in and he had to have another nurse, it took some convincing and then he was ok. He and Kristen had a routine, Alec loved his routines. Alec's port often wouldn't work as it should and the blood wouldn't come right out. So I started doing the sign of the cross on his port and asking Jesus to let his port work and give us blood every time. Al would always remind me to do this and even Kristen would ask if we blessed Al's port. I loved that Alec's nurses were praying nurses.
One time I brought Alec in and Alec told me that he wanted to go with Kristen all by himself and have his blood drawn. I was heart broken, why didn't he need me, would he be ok without his Mama, but I knew he was in the best hands with Kristen. I told her he wanted to go alone and I stood just outside the open door, he was so brave and then he called for me just before she gave him his needle. I was so relieved, I couldn't imagine him doing that without his Mama or Dada.
I remember Alec telling us that When he grew up he wanted to be Kristen, he didn't say he wanted to be a nurse, but that he wanted to be Kristen. How sweet is that.
We told her he said that and she said, awww Alec.
Kristen is an amazing nurse and sweet kind compassionate person.

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Lots of 23"s and Giraffe signs

4/2/2014

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Scott sent me a picture message of his Love from Al for the day.
I can't seem to post pictures much on this computer but,
Scott said he let a car go in front of him and when he pulled up behind the car there was a # 23 sticker on their back window. He took the picture and sent it to us.

And as usual, Alec has given me many more signs especially when I'm at work.
I was at the nursing home doing the elderly's hair and one woman was sitting waiting and she said that she was going to 91 in October. So I asked her what day her birthday was and she said, "October twenty three", then she said, "Ooops it's October twenty five".

A little bit later a nursing aide was in waiting for one of the patients to have her hair done and she told me she loved my bag. I had no idea what she was talking about but I turned around to where she was looking and saw my Giraffe print bag. And I said thankyou, and she said I love Giraffe print and I said me too. She said You DO Too! And she said I just had a birthday and my friends surprised me with Giraffe cupcakes and she came over with her phone and showed me the picture of the Giraffe cupcakes! WOW!

And one more, another day at work and this sweet man that I see and say hello to as he goes by in his wheelchair stops and asks if I can cut his hair, one time when I was talking to him and I noticed he wears rosary beads around his neck and I told him I liked his rosary beads and he told me that he never takes them off.
So, I told him yes that I could cut his hair and he came in and as I pulled his wheelchair over to the sink, he had the #23 is on his wheelchair. I had my phone right there and snapped a picture without him knowing. It was just so Alec, because Alec loved rosary beads, he would always ask me if I could sing prayers with my rosary beads.

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Bubs

Just call my name and I'll be there

Kristen

Lots of 23"s and Giraffe signs

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