Notes to Matteo

On the six month anniversary of Matteo's death... we sent him some special notes.

Some very thoughtful friends prompted this 6 month balloon release. I don't think I would have ever thought of doing this on my own at this point in time... mostly because the past few weeks have been incredibly difficult with the holidays and the other impending hurdles like Rocco and Matt's 2nd birthday, and the arrival of baby Surprisabella. Life has sort of been a bit of an emotional roller coaster... for 6 months now, actually.

A dozen balloons and notecards were delivered to our door... anchored by a beautiful angel statue. Dan and I wrote our own notes to Matteo. Gabby colored on two notes, signed her name and told me what her message was to Matteo. I also asked Rocco what he wanted to tell his twin brother and wrote what he said on two more note cards.

We gave the balloons to the kids and they released them off to Matt in Heaven. We told them that when we couldn't see the balloons anymore, that Matteo had pulled them through his special window in the sky into Heaven.