Taking our boy and the not so newbies along - a pre-trip report

[daveh]

As you already know and stated Jenn, you have the comfort of knowing he is with your Mom and now your family can help you celebrate memories of a life well lived. Away from the gray days of Midwest snow and cold, you couldn't find a better place and time to celebrate those memories!

My Father passed a few months before my Son but I was fortunate enough to spend a few days with Dad just prior to his passing and he shared with me some incredibly comforting thoughts in that short time. "A parent who is fortunate enough to live to see their children grow and prosper, in a loving marriage, and having raised their own successful children, I can leave fulfilled, happy and with no regrets... but you still have to go to work on Monday... now who's the lucky one?!" The nurse who had just walked in near peed herself we were all laughing so hard...

The special friends I mentioned we met this year... We sat down at a table to chat and watch the sunset with a couple we had just met on the beach earlier in the day and the lovely lady had a few tears on her cheek. Turns out she had recently lost her daughter and somehow felt it would be OK to share that with us. Just when you think you are in control of things that happen, we were brought together by something far more incredible than ourselves! A toast and thanks to her Daughter and our Son for the introduction, tears gave way to celebration... as it should be.

As to Negril being a Special place.... ya think? Its all good.