AUNTIE JANET

Hi Baby Leo,

When we got the horrible news that you had left us to go to a better place... Uncle Bob and I went with Grandma Dianne the next day to Florida to be with your Mom and Andy.  What was there to do but cry all day, after a few days of that your Mom and Andy decided that they wanted to go out on the boat because you loved being on the water....so we did.   Grandma didn't go out with us because she was exhausted, grief does that to you, you know....It was such a nice day in a weird kind-of-way.  We saw dolphins...  your mom would just sit and look out-- her pain filled the air... the boat broke down and we got towed in...  Andy got it fixed and we were off again.  I don't remember if it was the day after or a couple of days after that we went back on the water, this time with Grandma.  First day we had just gone out on the Indian Ocean... this time we went out to the Atlantic Ocean.  There were tons of jelly fish, 3 different kinds for sure.  You didn't want to get in the water right there and then.  There was a frog that somehow had gotten on the boat while it was parked at your place and it jumped out of the boat into the ocean.  However, I didn't know this so when I saw it I said something like 'oh wow, I didn't know that frogs were in the ocean'!  Andy said, something like 'no darlin' that frog just jumped out of the boat, it will die in the ocean'.   Well I didn't want the little guy to die so I tried getting it, but it kept swimming farther away.  I was complaining that it was getting too far off to be saved and Andy said something that made me think of you...he said ' he doesn't have a clue where he's going but he's going like hell to get there!  You know Andy, he has a way with words.  He's a good writer, I think he should write a book... seriously I do.  It's been on my mind for the last week or so.  of course, he won't...he'll just think I'm crazy!  Tell him, tell him he should, maybe he'd listen to you since you're a big dog now!  You are always in my thoughts.  Doesn't it suck that a person has to die to be appreciated!  After someone dies you laugh at all their weird stuff.  All of a sudden all their weird stuff is cute and adorable!  No really, you should hear us down here talking about you!  All the good stuff about you got even better after you died.  What's up with that!!!!  Crazy huh... Well babe, you are hot stuff down here!  I know you are thinking  .. I was hot stuff before... well just imagine... you're hotter now!