A sweet memory about our wee one
@1creekgirl (41700)
United States
December 10, 2024 9:24pm CST
I've written previously about our grandson Nathan and how his mama, Rachel died of a sudden heart attack when he was almost two.
Yesterday Dale and I watched some home movies that were converted from old tapes to digital format. Nathan was about three and was such a little monkey.
In one film he was cuddled up to our daughter Tammy. It reminded us of the time when Nathan was about four, we were in the back yard when he spotted Tammy walking toward us from the field. He went running to her believing it was his mama. Rachel and Tammy did favor each other with long dark wavy hair.
It was so heartbreaking when he realized it wasn't his mama. It still brings me to tears and that was seventeen years ago.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
I hadn't remembered that in a long time until we were watching that movie.
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@snowy22315 (182071)
• United States
11 Dec
@1creekgirl Do they know what caused the heart attack? Was it an undiagnosed heart problem like mitral valve prolapse or something? She couldn't have been very old.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
It really was heartbreaking when he realized it wasn't Rachel. But Tammy has been like a mama to him, too, over the years.
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@RasmaSandra (80686)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
11 Dec
At least you have these precious memories in the home movies. I too have home movies but it takes me time to work up to watching them because I cannot tell you how chocked up I get when I see and I hear my late husband,
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@RasmaSandra (80686)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Dec
@1creekgirl but it also warms my heart and I like seeing him just the same,
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
I'm sure that's so painful to see and hear him when you miss him so much.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
12 Dec
@JudyEv Right, how do you explain to a baby where his mama is?
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@JudyEv (341921)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Dec
@1creekgirl Exactly. What a sad, sad, time it must have been for you all.
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@JudyEv (341921)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Dec
@1creekgirl It must have been such a difficult time for you all. Poor Nathan would have been battling to understand what had happened.
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@MarieCoyle (38634)
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11 Dec
Oh, that had to be truly heart wrenching. Poor little fellow, and all of you went through such a tragic loss. I'm just so sorry.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
Thank you, Marie. We were so blessed to be able to help our son Robert raise Nathan. I was the oldest mama at the school and Boy Scout events, lol. I had just retired a year and a half earlier and I know that was God arranging things so we could take care of Nathan.
How is your son doing?
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
@MarieCoyle Oh my, I pray the surgery will help him. God gives you the strength to take it a day at a time.
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@MarieCoyle (38634)
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11 Dec
@1creekgirl
He had a consult with a specialist last Thursday, and it looks like another surgery is in his future. We just take one day at a time around here. Thank you very, very much for asking about him, it means a lot.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
12 Dec
He's doing well, has a good job with an internet company. He lives at home with his dad, our son Robert.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
We have so many bitter sweet memories of that time in our life, but so many blessings, too.
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@Ronrybs (19588)
• London, England
12 Dec
@1creekgirl They all add up and go to a positive feeling for the past
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@LindaOHio (181508)
• United States
11 Dec
What a sad story. That's so hard on a small child.
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@1creekgirl (41700)
• United States
11 Dec
It really was hard, but I was so blessed to be his mama for a few years. Robert remarried when Nathan was nine, but they divorced two years later. Since then Robert has been a really good single dad.
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