Michael's 5th birthday without him
Seth and I and our wonderful family getting ready to bless people at Meijer in Mishawaka, where Michael worked for 9 years
On March 6th, 2022 my late husband, Michael would have 61 years old.
I cannot believe that this is the 5th birthday that I have celebrated without him.
Our birthdays were always something special, we made our birthdays an event. You see Michael's birthday is March 6th and my birthday is March 7th. I always told Mike that God did that on purpose so that he would never forget my birthday.
We would always start celebrating OUR birthdays on the morning of March 6th and stop celebrating our birthdays on the evening of March 7th.
That first year after he passed away, I really dreaded my birthday coming at all. I didn’t know how I would get through it without him. I didn’t want to think about it, but I knew that I had to find a way to make it.
Sitting with a friend talking over a cocktail, I was sharing with her these same sentiments, how was I going to make it through.
I really wanted to do something that would be fun, but that would honor Michael. That is when I came up with the idea of performing random acts of kindness to celebrate Michael's first heavenly birthday.
We started small the first year, just a few of us that went around town treating people to small random acts of kindness. We designed a card to let people know that we were doing this in honor of a wonderful man that was no longer with us.
We had a blast. The best part was that Michael would have loved this idea. If he were still walking this earth, he would have been leading the charge. I am so glad that we were able to celebrate him in such a special way.
This year was the 5th year that we celebrated Michael by committing random acts of kindness. We went to places that loved and supported him through his life, his place of employment and the hospital that took such great care of him. It was a beautiful day and I was so happy to share it with my family.
I am grateful that we have made the decision to keep Michael's memory alive by celebrating him by making the world a little brighter.
We left Candy bars and cards on peoples cars in the parking lot
Family Lunch to Celebrate Michael's great life
Blessing sent the workers at the hospital that took care of Michael for many years
Seth and I surprised the women in the deli at Meijer