10 Years

Please appreciate every moment you have with your family.

Today Gary and I would have been married 10 years. In those 1o years, we navigated our way through the roller coaster called "Life". I became a principal, Gary took over his family business, we lost beloved family members and cried together, we bought a boat (Gary's dream) and a horse (my dream) and began the process of adopting our wonderful son Marc, but nothing prepared me for May 25th. Losing Gary is the hardest thing I have ever been through. Our wedding day was filled with love and wonderful memories (along with a fun fishing theme). Those memories are rushing back today and I am so glad I have them.

Please enjoy this long holiday weekend and make forever memories with your families.

SUMMER IS HERE

Summer is here (well at least today it feels like it). I hope you are all enjoying your time together.

I cannot thank all of you, along with the PTO, for your generosity and support. The lawn service and donations are so appreciated. I am taking next week off to try and get my head around what is happening and take care of a lot of paperwork. If you need to speak to someone about school matters and no one is in the Ide office please call the district office at 630-783-5000. Thank you for your understanding.

Appreciation

First and foremost, I want to thank everyone for their support during this extremely difficult time. Your cards, gifts, hugs, etc mean so much to Marc and I. There are no words to describe how I feel right now, but I can tell you how much I appreciate all of you.

I feel like I have written so many blogs about enjoying time with family and appreciating every moment and once again I have been taught that lesson. I don't understand why this happened and probably never will but I am grateful for the 16 years Gary and I had together. They were full of ups and downs but always full of love.

Please appreciate everyday you have with your loved ones; good and bad. Please enjoy the summer and smile often. Please say I love you when you have the chance.