Four Generations

I'm so glad that we took this picture! I'm grateful to Erynn for being willing to have their son carry on the name William Patrick Rooney.  This is a fitting picture for Father's Day. I only wish Bill and Patrick were here for many more!

Our Love Story

When I met Bill I was drawn to his self confidence. He swept me off my feet at the Cowboy by cutting in on the dance floor to ask me to dance. Ha! He didn't even like to dance! From that night on I was his. He was funny, charming, handsome and what I wanted.

I remember how much I wanted him to ask me to marry him. He didn't ask in any special way he just casually suggested it would be great to get married. That was good enough for me! With a family of three boys following (actually 4 including Bill) my life was full and complete.

Bill taught me about baseball and hunting until I felt like an expert myself. He showed me what it meant to be generous and unselfish. He made me laugh with all of his stupid jokes! (I really miss that) I feel such a weight on my shoulders without him. He had a way of always focusing on the positive. (I miss that too!) I try to be thankful for all of the great memories that we shared and for what a special husband and father he was.

How do I get through?

I'm often asked how I'm getting through this terrible loss. It's hard to answer that question on the days that I don't feel like I'm getting through at all. Then there are the days that the light comes to drown out all of the dark and pain. Here are the pictures from one of those days!

Who can resist the face of an angel?

And here is the other angel!

Will always manages to spot the airplanes and points. Hmmmm? What's up with that?

What a day!

Just when you think you're all alone and God is not listening or caring.......BAMMM, something miraculous happens to tell you He's there for you and will be always!

When Will was invited to throw out the first pitch at Pepperdine's final home game, I was so excited! How thrilling, I couldn't wait. When I saw him on the field with his darling matching jersey to Erynn's my heart wanted to explode! He threw the pitch to Colin and I couldn't stop grinning from ear to ear. As if that was not enough, with the game tied in extra innings, Colin hits a walk off homerun to win the game! The God we serve is an awesome God! He knows what I need even when I don't know what to ask!

Mother's Day

I can finally talk about Mother's Day. It was hard to celebrate the day with Patrick gone. Sean and Colin are away but I know they're there and will be coming home eventually. Not Patrick. 

Looking back each Mother's Day I remember all the joys of being a MOM raising 3 boys.1 missing isn't fair. In my favorite Mom book, "Love You Forever", I can't face the irony of the grown son rocking the Mom when she got old after she had rocked him as a baby. I won't have Patrick to help me when I'm old and he would've been good at it.

 

Happy Birthday To My Man!

I miss you so much, Bill that it hurts. Not that birthdays were that much of a big deal, this year it was because you're not here. The balloons were fun, we made 3 trips to the store because our cards were too heavy for lift off!  It would be nice to know that you received these messages. I love you more than all the stars in the sky and can't wait to see you again!

This is what we sent!

Up up and away!

We hope you can read these in heaven!

Happy Birthday Bill/Dad

Easter 2009

Made it through Easter without Bill and Patrick and it was very difficult. Focusing on the blessings helps somewhat but I still feel the emptiness. 

We had so much fun on Easter.......Bill was a champion egg hider! He would start thinking about where he was going to hide the $$$ eggs days before Easter. The boy

s would start thinking about the possible places to look way in advance too! Bill desperately wanted to outsmart them and usually he did. On Easter m

orning the competition would begin and even though the boys were older, on Easter morning, hunting for eggs, they were kids again! Bittersweet memories!

This year Will tried his hand at decorating eggs. We had fun trying to keep his hands out of the dye and keeping the eggs from being crushed!