Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries are so hard to survive. Each year on my son's birthday I try to think of something very special to do to remember him. He loved his birthdays! He and I used to always go out for lunch or dinner to celebrate. That was always so special for us to do together. A few years ago, to commemorate his 46th birthday, I started a Facebook page for him which ended up with me being able to reconnect with all of my son's old childhood, school and band friends. I loved it. I now have constant contact with them. They have shared some wonderful stories and great pics with me. The next year, I had a tattoo done on my right wrist area that says "Pete's Mom" with a treble clef and bass clef to form a heart. The following year I had one done on my right wrist area of the infinity symbol with the word love. What can I say? I wanted to do something "over the top" that Pete would think was way cool! If you knew me, you would vote me as "the least likeliest person in the world to ever get a tattoo". Well, this coming April 14, 2016 will be my son's 50th birthday. I have been trying to think of something really special to do for that day. This afternoon, I realized that the one more "over the top" thing I could do would be to throw a 50th birthday party in our hometown of Flint, MI for all of his friends. I will be presenting that plan to them on Facebook today and I'm sure to get a very positive response. I can't help but wonder what Pete would have thought of this idea. Pete's Mom