tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post3416050260812899485..comments2024-02-26T08:02:05.002-05:00Comments on Nitty.Gritty.: Tomorrow is "Coke Float Day" at our house.Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338865463777681078noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-35298317784197273442010-07-07T19:33:44.123-04:002010-07-07T19:33:44.123-04:00so happy you took the time to take that precious p...so happy you took the time to take that precious picture. what a sweet memory of your dear little girl....I am going to do a memory like this tonight with the girls. thank you! teagan has touched so many hearts and she has certainly touched mine! love, tarapakostahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14844321396555037225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-55192117741634082342010-07-02T22:31:25.744-04:002010-07-02T22:31:25.744-04:00I nominated you for a fun/silly blog award:) You c...I nominated you for a fun/silly blog award:) You can check it out and receive it on my page and then pass some blog love along too if you feel up to it:). http://jcmfamily.blogspot.com You are such an inspiring gal!Casey Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979686059026867887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-72393067123339598412010-07-01T21:58:28.040-04:002010-07-01T21:58:28.040-04:00What a beautiful memory!
Thinking of you.
Just...What a beautiful memory! <br />Thinking of you. <br /><br />Just want you to know that I enjoy reading your blog, and alot of evenings I come to your blog just to listen to the music you share. It's such a blessing.amy & lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717761797396654878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-8575781882835634112010-07-01T09:26:08.545-04:002010-07-01T09:26:08.545-04:00Our Sunday School class had a work nite and we top...Our Sunday School class had a work nite and we topped it off with floats - rootbeer, grape, orange. I drank mine remembering your sweet Teagan and vowing to cherish the moments that I have been given with my family. Thanks for the reminders! And what a great tradition!Karlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00944804043798962733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-66733398501354650592010-07-01T09:16:08.984-04:002010-07-01T09:16:08.984-04:00I love you so much!
D.I love you so much! <br /><br />D.Diane Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12584853902599515669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-77904666597720451682010-07-01T06:42:13.309-04:002010-07-01T06:42:13.309-04:00We altered this slightly and had our first rootbee...We altered this slightly and had our first rootbeer float day. I remember my dad making these with us and so my daughter made these for us last night.JeanAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15650072359641521837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-35819335893359951722010-07-01T04:14:05.859-04:002010-07-01T04:14:05.859-04:00what a special tradition. And you are so right in ...what a special tradition. And you are so right in that we shouldn't wait for tragedy to make us celebrate the little things / special things in life.babyrndebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083653110114987580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-21820045415268666142010-06-30T21:48:26.994-04:002010-06-30T21:48:26.994-04:00What a lovely way of remembering precious memories...What a lovely way of remembering precious memories, all while making new ones! <br /><br />We make rootbeer floats on Caleb's birthday. We honor his life--God's gift to us. <br /><br />I was grateful that Caleb's brother Sam asked me to take a picture of Sam and Caleb together before I put Caleb to bed on August 19, 2008. I almost didn't get the camera out, but I thought again and got it out and snapped the picture. It is the last time that we saw Caleb alive. I am so thankful that I have the picture and that I listened to Sam. <br /><br />((hugs)) <br />With Hope,<br />CherylCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995656964857816898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-2229781388381027542010-06-30T15:22:10.066-04:002010-06-30T15:22:10.066-04:00This post is so beautiful--and what a special memo...This post is so beautiful--and what a special memory.Keshethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11130226454584559513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-57948299209348098892010-06-30T11:17:38.173-04:002010-06-30T11:17:38.173-04:00Like Ginny, I've been reading your posts for q...Like Ginny, I've been reading your posts for quite a while. And also like Ginny, I teared up reading about the coke floats and all of your thoughts to go with it. You and Chip really are an inspiration and I love seeing your family pictures and today's is precious.Liz Friedmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158953791103682361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-12694861948916335542010-06-30T03:38:04.716-04:002010-06-30T03:38:04.716-04:00we will so be doing coke floats again......thank y...we will so be doing coke floats again......thank you teagan for introducing the 30th of june to us.....love you jodsjo te raanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-88533303722717686312010-06-29T23:15:35.420-04:002010-06-29T23:15:35.420-04:00thinking of you -
I will be enjoying floats in yo...thinking of you -<br />I will be enjoying floats in your sweet Angel's honor with my two babies.<br />I'm working on living in the moment and enjoying the small things - <br />xoxodarciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03611334115957929814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-35771416113957186962010-06-29T23:07:43.030-04:002010-06-29T23:07:43.030-04:00I don't come to tears easily, but today I am. ...I don't come to tears easily, but today I am. I've been reading you for awhile now & somehow must have missed last years post. I couldn't even imagine. You guys are really something though to think of forgivness at a time like that, very honorable. <br /><br />I just love your Coke Float Day, what an amazing way to celebrate your daughters life. <br /><br />I live in Michigan as well, after reading the story again, I believe I remember this happening.<br /><br />Thanks for posting this & reminding us to cherish those moments!Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928304350897366869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-44742847059749578412010-06-29T21:23:43.403-04:002010-06-29T21:23:43.403-04:00{{{hugs}}} wishing you a coke float day filled wit...{{{hugs}}} wishing you a coke float day filled with memories...both old and new. What a beautiful and unique way to honor your precious Teagan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-16686829379273165742010-06-29T20:01:03.754-04:002010-06-29T20:01:03.754-04:00"Give yourself permission to let something el..."Give yourself permission to let something else go and make a memory you'll cherish for a lifetime."<br /><br />This really strikes me as truth. It just seems like so often we are busy pursuing the life we think we should be leading, worrying about things that are really not that important in the end, that we don't give ourselves permission to live in and enjoy the "now" moments. It's so easy to miss out, and sometimes we don't ever get another chance to have those moments!<br /><br />Enjoy those Coke floats, and I pray that you make many new special memories with your kids as well!Jan C.http://janconnair.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-4687033609171982722010-06-29T18:38:41.567-04:002010-06-29T18:38:41.567-04:00Have a wonderful day remembering while making new ...Have a wonderful day remembering while making new memories. It's not the toys they got for Christmas, or having all the latest gadgets that my kids remember...it's the simple, mundane things we shared together.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08566820973751927352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-22113137798290966962010-06-29T15:41:40.431-04:002010-06-29T15:41:40.431-04:00You are an inspiration. You have a special knack f...You are an inspiration. You have a special knack for weaving the "then" and "now" in a beautiful and joyous way. I love how you honour T while still making your kids here on earth feel just as loved and special. You are one of kind. Some day I would like to share a rootbeer float with YOU! (And some scrap time!!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-45717079006141819392010-06-29T15:12:52.487-04:002010-06-29T15:12:52.487-04:00We don't do coke floats in my family, we make ...We don't do coke floats in my family, we make Christmas cutout cookies. We do this to honor my sister who was killed in a car accident in December of 1992. We use the cookies to celebrate her for two reasons ... one, she LOVED cutout cookies and licking the frosting off the spoon as she decorated them; and two, because the day she died on her way back to college with her boyfriend, my mom was baking cookies for the upcoming holiday.<br /><br />It is always such a special day filled with family and great memories of a priceless person who we all miss daily.Traci Nissenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593360032393341322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-69375924680729400192010-06-29T12:38:18.686-04:002010-06-29T12:38:18.686-04:00Love it. Such a neat tradition. Thinking of you ...Love it. Such a neat tradition. Thinking of you often, Jody...Carrie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663271244857755191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-12152513215236268082010-06-29T12:37:44.837-04:002010-06-29T12:37:44.837-04:00has it already been a year since the last coke flo...has it already been a year since the last coke float day? it seems like yesterday...<br /><br />many hugs to you. we will be having a special day tomorrow (probably a trip to the ice cream parlour as a family) in honor of Teagan and her coke float day...<br /><br />xoxo,<br />erikaErikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863461381473308483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-19692171593425569722010-06-29T11:53:31.914-04:002010-06-29T11:53:31.914-04:00I have never had a coke float but I will tomorrow ...I have never had a coke float but I will tomorrow .. thinking of you and your family.Sasha "sweet thang" Hollowayhttp://sassysasha.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-464431976938558232010-06-29T10:38:40.194-04:002010-06-29T10:38:40.194-04:00That's really lovely. Thanks for the reminder...That's really lovely. Thanks for the reminder!mindibzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466268986617987777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-43489419099084406952010-06-29T10:35:08.835-04:002010-06-29T10:35:08.835-04:00That's a beautiful tradition and I hope my fam...That's a beautiful tradition and I hope my family will also create some traditions as our family grows. What a special way to honor Teagan!Casey Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979686059026867887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-48814743353840775262010-06-29T10:12:22.715-04:002010-06-29T10:12:22.715-04:00I remember you posting about this last year. So sw...I remember you posting about this last year. So sweet and so special!!!! And coke floats will taste so much sweeter in Heaven!! :)Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08257352882657911252noreply@blogger.com