More Trials For Maynards

To all our dear friends and family

This posting is to inform all of you who may not have heard the news of the accident in which Faye's parents were involved in on the 8th of June. Early this morning the tenth day since the accident, Faye's mom passed on to her reward, having sustained very serious injuries in the crash.  Faye's dad and the other vehicle driver involved, both suffered only minor injuries.  We traveled to Saskatoon on Thursday, arriving there mid afternoon. Faye was able to spend several hours with her mom, and although in a lot of pain she was fairly clear, recognizing Faye but not able to communicate very well.  That evening she started failing more and Friday her vital signs began changing, her lungs began filling with fluid and they had to increase her pain medications.  We left Saskatoon yesterday about 5:30 PM, arriving home at 11:20 or so.  At 5:15 AM  the phone rang and we were informed her mother had just passed away.  She had a birthday May 31, reaching 79 years.  Most of the family got together in Regina on May 29 to celebrate.  We plan to return there tomorrow morning, thinking the funeral might be on Tuesday.  Please remember us in your prayers.

Thanks, Maynard

 

Donations Received

Thanks to all you for your donations for the wall sticker for Maynard's. I've already ordered it. However, I received roughly twenty dollars more than I needed for it, any suggestions what to do with the left-over? If I don't get any suggestions, I will just give it to Maynard's to spend as they wish in memory of Andrea.

Once again, thanks so much!

Natalie

PS I can't resist adding a little note begging for more memories. I am trying to make a book of memories to give to Maynard and Faye but I don't have enough yet. Absolutely any memory is acceptable. Please send them to memories.of.andrea@gmail.com and if you are not comfortable with them being posted on the page, please specify.

I Had This Idea

and I have no idea if it's cool or lame so I'm coming to you. If your name is Maynard or Faye Froese read no farther because if it's a cool idea, it's something for you...

Jen makes this awesome sign that made me cry the first time I read it. http://www.etsy.com/listing/72373855/because-someone-we-love-is-in-heaven?ref=ss_listing

I was wondering if you thought it would be a good idea to buy it for Maynards from "us". By "us" I mean all their followers and friends on this blog. I'm going to set up an anonymous poll to at the bottom of this page (please vote) and if most people like the idea, I will set up an anonymous Donations button through Paypal so that your money is safe and once I have enough I will remove the button and buy Maynards the sign from all of us at "We Love Andrea". Please leave your opinion on the poll at the very bottom of the blog.

More Memories Needed

I hate to be a nag but here goes... We really need more memories of Andrea. I want to put together a book of memories for Maynards and I don't yet have enough. I do understand that it takes time, and, as most people say, they don't have any specific memories of her and she hasn't even been gone a month. That is totally okay. From talking with Maynard and Faye lately I have discovered that the little memories of her mean as much or more than the big ones, things like "This was something she liked" or "Once she said this" or "We had a joke about that". It's those little things that make up what we know of a person and I promise that nothing you send will be too trivial or silly! And if you want, I won't even post it on the blog, just send it to Maynards without lots of other people seeing it. For those of you who have forgotten, the address is memories.of.andrea@gmail.com and if you need something to jog your memory, read other people's memories. (Done nagging now!) Thanks and have a great Sunday!

One of those days...

Some days I can go the whole day just thankful that Andrea is at peace and that she has no more pain. Other days, I just want to see her again. This is one of those days. What I miss most about her is talking to her, we spent so much time talking! Now, whenever I have something confusing or exciting or just interesting, I want so badly to be able to tell her, to hear her laugh and say "Cool" like she always did, to hear her sympathize or make me laugh at myself which she did a lot too! It so hard to believe we will never see her on this earth again... Not sure why I'm posting this here, maybe because misery loves company and I know for a fact I'm not the only one who feels like this, who misses her and can still hear her laughter echoing in my head (and is so scared that laughter will fade away). For all you out there who are feeling the same way, I don't have anything profound to say but we gotta stick together and support each other!