A Family's Reflections
Friday, January 27, 2006
Our Friends
Ron and Nena Dube are the most amazing people. In Ryan's honor Ron and Nena have ordered a wonderful bench with a plaque for it. We will be taking it to Burning Tree Recovery Ranch and placing it under a big tree. There folks can sit and think about a sweet young man who suffered with Bipolar and lost his life to this terrible disease. What do you say to a friend who honors your son in this way. You say Thank You and We love you. Your kindness to us will never be forgotten.
posted by Michelle at 20:22:58 | 0 comments
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Chris Graves
It was so nice to see Chris Graves today. He stopped by and it is hard for me to believe he is the father to one with another due in May. He looks so great and so happy. We had a few good laughs with stories of Ryan. I was very happy to see him. I would be happy to see all of you guys from BMX and hear your stories. This is the Ryan I remember, before the bipolor started to depress him. He put on such a happy face but inside he was so down a lot of the time. So if you guys get to the Pflugerville area I am always good for lunch or a cold drink.
posted by Michelle at 19:55:03 | 0 comments
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Jan. Auction
This past Saturday we had a great auction. The opening announcements are aways hard. We are just so used to Ryan being there and helping run the auction and giving Bob a break on the microphone. It still seems so strange NOT to see him standing next to Bob. We really miss him so much. I seem to scan the crowd for him still.
posted by Michelle at 20:31:37 | 0 comments
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Bob's Birthday
Today was Bobs 59th Birthday. Farren and her family took us to lunch. Lisa, Jason and the girls were with us as well. It was a very nice lunch but we missed Ryan. We missed his funny commets and his quirkey sense of humor. No one made me laugh like Ryan. We presented Bob with Ryans favorite sweatshirt framed with the photo of Ryan with the sweatshirt. It was very bittersweet to say the least, but I know he will treasure it. We will have many more birthdays without Ryan but the first was the hardest.
posted by Michelle at 20:31:42 | 1 comments
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Rileys Birthday
What a day!! Hard to believe Riley is 6 years old. Time has really gone by fast. Ryan would have had a great time at the birthday party. Riley loved "Uncle Rhino" and would have enjoyed seeing all the fun. The two of them would tease each other. Sitting with all the young boys I could almost picture Ryans sweet face. I remember many birthdays with his school friends and it seems like yesterday. I missed having him there today with our family.
posted by Michelle at 19:41:42 | 0 comments
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Website Work
Working on this website is such a joy. I am so hoping that it will be there for someone who like Ryan suffers from Bipolar disease. We know the pain and we want to help. I have high hopes that I get everything uploaded with all links in place by the end of the year. This will be an ongoing evolving source of information for those who love someone or those who suffer from this disease.
posted by Michelle Sheehan at 19:41:19 | 1 comments
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Glad you are here
For those of you who have stopped by this website I hope you will let us know you were here. We want to know that Ryan was important to you and that you cared enough to look him up. My best to you during this holiday season and I hope you look into the sky and find the brightest star and take a moment and say a prayer for Ryan. I want to stay in touch and know what is going on with your life and keep up with you through the upcoming years.
posted by Michelle Sheehan at 19:40:49 | 2 comments
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Christmas Sign From Ryan-
Christmas was very hard. We had a lovely time a Farren and Brannon's home with Wayne and Martha Dean (Brannons Mom) Courtney Swenson (Brannons sister) and all the kids. I felt a empty place at the table and in my heart. Bob and I got home and I was giving water to the dogs on the back patio and I looked up at the sky and said " Where are you Ryan?" at that exact moment a small shooting star shot by. It was very quick and over in one second but I do feel that was Ryan saying Merry Christmas to us. I felt at peace and I felt him near us.
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Watching Texas
Tonight I can picture Ryan watching this game. Those of you that knew him well knows which team he was rooting for tonight. If he was here he would either be at our house with Bob watching the game or they would call back and forth all night.We miss Ryan all the time but it is special times like these that we almost feel him in the room.
posted by Michelle-Leave us a comment at 23:32:08 | 1 comments
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Holiday Blues
We just can't seem to get into the spirit of the holidays. Ryan was such a huge part of Christmas. In fact he played Santa two years ago and surprised Riley and Jillian early Christmas morning and then went to Lisa and Jason house and was Santa for Lauren and Katie-Bird. I am not putting up a tree or lights I don't feel very festive right now.
posted by Michelle Sheehan at 21:38:10 | 1 comments
