My son Frank, was a very good baby. He slept all night! He just adjusted to any situation in our life. We even took him to the Barn with us as we milked cows. He slept through the whole thing, LOL! Then in growing up he was a good kid, he never complained when it came time to doing things. I even kept him busy with community baseball, school events and we did alot of things for neighbors, and friends. Then his dad became ill, and we moved from Snelling. We went through alot those years. The kids had to spend alot of time being watched by family members while his dad and I were at Stanford. Sometimes we spend a whole month there. The kids went to Tias like Maria, Chela and Gloria. Then his dad died and he had some years of dealing with that. He went through alot of emotinos, ups and downs.(which is what all teenagers go through) But, we worked through that and that's when he lived with several people like Tia Chela & TIo Ray, the lewis family, but he came back eventually to live back at home with us. We all helped him through his teenage years.(HE did pretty darn good especially going through all he did as a teenager) Thanks to all the wonderful people that were there for Frank it has never gone forgotten! I call you his honorary parents. They say it takes a village to raise a child! Well, that village worked together and it looks like we raised a pretty darn good kid! But, then as he went off and married Breanna, they were stationed in Colorado. Well, you know how it is kids are busy with their own life making their own memories. I am so thank ful that when he was there I would go to visit them. I tried to go before he deployed to Iraq to see him off! I am sure glad we made those memories together. I have such good pictures, and videos of the time that we spent together! He was not the kind to boast and tell of all his accomplishements in the Army. He rarely talked about his military accomplishments. He would talk about it if I brought it up but he rarely went into detail. I remember having Cassie his cousin do that Video, for Frank before he went off to Boot Camp set to the song... DID YOU EVER KNOW THAT YOUR MY HERO by Bette Midler. Well, I wonder if we can all say that we feel that today? I know that he will always be my hero along with so many others. But, today I just keep hearing that song play in my head and I wonder if he truly knew just how proud I was of him? I know I told him every chance I got and I probably sent it in e-mail alot, but I wonder if he truly realized it? Well, Frank truly is my HERO!
I love and miss you! My hero!