Happy Anniversary Mum & Dad

In my last post I shared the beautiful card I received from my husband, Dave, for our 31st Anniversary. I was away on business this week and when I came home there was another card waiting for me. It was from our children, Kyle and Amy. They are spending their summer working together at a fishing lodge on Langara Island, in the Queen Charlotte Islands–very close to the Alaskan border.  I want to share this card to give you an idea of the journey that our children are on while living with their Dad’s dementia.

It is a handmade card with a picture of  Kyle and Amy on the front (see slightly blurry picture above), with the 31 pound salmon Kyle caught earlier in the day. They are spending their only day off  (that week) with each other. On the inside of the card, Kyle wishes us a …”Happy Anniversity (isn’t that how it sounds?) Mom and Dad. Love you. Hope you like the picture. Kyle”.  Below is Amy’s handwriting…”Happy Anniversary Mum & Dad! Know that Kyle & I will be thinking of you guys lots today (as we do on most other days) and are very thankful to be able to spend time together here in the Charlotte’s. Thank you both for all the support, strength & love you have given us. Thank you for making it through all the struggles & uncertainties of marriage and parenthood to allow us all to be at the stage we are now, as individuals and as a family, and enjoy our time together with renewed energy & peace. You both are the best role models any child could have been lucky enough to be put with and Kyle & I see that. I thought you would enjoy this picture, a bit out of focus, but captures a time that both of us will never forget. Catching Kyle’s first 31 pounder ‘Tyee’. Have a great day you two. See you real soon. Love always, Amy xx!”

She has sprinkled stars around the card and flowers on the envelope. Amy says it all when she writes…”our time together with renewed energy and peace”. She is wise beyond her years. This is exactly how I feel.

( Kyle phoned us last night from the fishing lodge and when I thanked him for the great picture and card, he said…”I didn’t say much. I knew Amy would be able to write what I wanted to say”) Kyle is as kind-hearted as Amy; he doesn’t always know how to put it in words.