First Post-Tucker Date Night

Before Tucker was born we had received some valuable advice from close friends telling us to make date nights a priority after the little guy arrived. So just six days after Tucker arrived, Emily and I chose to heed that advice. Little did we know we were about to embark on the best date night yet...

We called up Emily's dad and mom (Pop Pop or Grandpa Odie and Sheshy, as they will be called) to come over and watch Tuck. After a yummy dinner all together, we left Tuck with his (delighted) grandparents and headed up to one of our favorite date spots, Newcastle Golf Club, for dessert. To our dismay the restaurant had just closed but we would later find out this was a blessing. We drove the car to a look-out spot at the golf course and opened up what was undoubtedly the most special baby gift we received. Without my knowledge, my mom had written a card and made a tape of her voice for her future grandchildren before she passed away over 9 years ago now. I opened up the card and struggled to read it out loud to Emily as the tears began to flow. We then listened to the tape and I heard my mom's voice for the first time in nearly a decade. Words cannot explain what this gift means to us and hopefully to our kids. My children will never meet their grandmother (or Nana as she would have been called), but I hope that they will be able to see a little bit of her in me. As Emily and I sat and prayed and talked about heaven, I decided I didn't know exactly what it will be like, but I can picture my mom holding her grandkids in her arms for hours and telling them how much she loves them.