It was the Friday before Memorial Day and I realized we had made NO plans and had no prospects for any. Thankfully Seth’s boss recommended we go to Cunningham Falls State park. It was only about an hour north and had everything we wanted for a quick day trip. There was a beautiful 1 mile round trip hike to a waterfall which the kids loved and a warm lake with a beach, it was truly a perfect day! The Lee family came along with us too.
It was bitter-sweat sitting on the beach with our friends Sara and Chad. Their little baby girl was born just two weeks after Conrad. They knew before she was born that she had Trisomy 18 which is a fatal chromosome disorder. They were grateful to have 10 days with her before she passed away. I had a chance to visit during that time and hold sweet little Elsie. It had only been a month since her birth and of course it would have been more perfect if Elsie could have been sleeping on Sara’s lap at the beach, but I’m sure some day she’ll have the opportunity to do just that (there has to be beaches in heaven, right??)
We had been given some buy 1 get 1 free Slurpee coupons and just so happen to pass a Seven Eleven on the way home. A Coke Slurpee is a guilty pleasure but the sugar free mango is not so bad either.
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