Sofia and Moana

Sofia had gone to bed with braided hair and was brushing her curly do when she face timed me. She said "Gramma I'm not Sofia. I'm Moana!" I said, "You look like Moana but let me see your big eyes because you also look like my granddaughter(and she made big eyes in the 2nd picture). Then she laughed (3rd picture) and said "It's me Gramma, I'm Sofia!" this girl can bring a silver lining to any cloud in the morning gloom.

You Are Your Captain

"Start shaping your own day.
Start walking your own walk.
The journey is yous,
take charge of it." - Dr. S. Maraboli

Life

"Sometimes life tumbles down a different path, one without a double-twist, and somersaults into a 
simple flip of where we thought we'd be..." -B. Hansen

Butterflies and Gramma Ruth

For a long time now since my mom passed away whenever we see butterflies we say that’s my mom coming to visit us because my mom loved butterflies. It’s nice and something that I’ve passed on to Sofia. Sofia refers to my mom as “Gramma Ruth” because that’s what her mom Aria, calls her. Today when we face timed I watched Sofia make a terrarium and she was so excited and said “ I’m making a butterfly garden for Gramma Ruth so she can visit us!” It was so much fun watching her make the garden decorations. I do think my mom will make the trip to Dallas. She will give her standard joke to Sofia: “ I just flew into town and boy are my arms tired!”

Who Are We

"Who are we
 as
 human beings
 if we
 ignore 
 the suffering 
 of others?"

Destiny

"An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, and circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle. But it will never break." -Ancient Chinese Proverb

Evening of Sofia's 5th Birthday

At the end of the evening Sofia and her parents went inside her new pink tent and watched the video of birthday wishes that all the friends and family had sent to her mom. All the birthday wishes were wonderful and cheery from her friends at school to family and friends all over the U.S. and Italy. Sofia was thrilled to watch this. Here are the pictures  Sofia watching the Happy Birthday video. 

After she watched the video Aria told me that Sofia whispered to her "I'm praying to God
that I will dream of Gramma tonight."  Sofia has since repeated that to me. She has said "Gramma I wish you were here so that we could cuddle together. I prayed to God that I could dream about you.

Every day we face time for about an hour. We play together and talk. One day she said, "when I come to visit you Gramma and it's very early in the morning I'm going to ask my parents if it's okay if I go into your room and cuddle with you."  

                   Happy 5th Birthday Sofia!