In the morning, we asked the kids if they wanted to stay home from school.
Joshua and Mikayla did, Tommy wanted to go to school.
We decided to go to Curtis’ favorite restaurant which is called, Maggioni’s Little Italy. The restaurant is located at the south entrance of Southdale Mall. We sat in the same booth as Curtis and I sat, in August.
Curtis loved the cream of potatoe soup, so I ordered the soup.
Brad, Mikayla, and Joshua had spaghetti.
The waitress brought out homemade bread (hot) with our food.
The manager came over and remembered me from coming there in August with Curtis.
Curtis was alone with me that day so we had a special time together.
I had shared with them how much he liked the soup.
So, we finished our meal and the waitress asked if we were in a hurry. I said, “No, we were not in a hurry.”
The waitress, said “Good, I have a surprise for all of you.”
We were wondering with anticipation what our surprise was.
Our waitress than emerges with a platter they called, The VIP dessert platter.”
We were all full from our delicious food, but could not resist the dessert in front of us.
It was Pumpkin cheesecake, cherry chocolate dessert and another chocolate dessert.
It was wonderful. We had a few bites of each.
The waitress packaged our leftovers, including the wonderful desserts and left the bill with us and walked away.
Brad opened the bill with his credit card ready to put inside for payment.
We were shocked to see, amount owed, $0.00.
God blessed us this day. The waitress, manager and the entire staff could not have been any nicer.
Our waitress has put a birthday wish on Curtis website. Very sweet.
We than went to Sam’s Club and bought a birthday cake for Curtis and my Dad.
Curtis birthday is Nov. 4th and my Dad’s birthday was Nov. 3rd.
Curtis is buried next to my Dad at Calvary in front of the door.
We brought the birthday cake along with balloons to the cemetery with a few family members.
We sang Happy Birthday to my Dad first.
We than came over to Curtis grave, we joined hands and preceded to sing him Happy Birthday.
The words did not come. We were overwhelmed with tears.
I kept thinking about when I carried him in my stomach for 9 months and how he did not want to come out.
I kept thinking how it did not seem fair that he was so young.
I kept thinking about what he would have been.
I am experiencing a great loss and I do not know how anyone can get through something like this without Jesus.
I picture Curtis laying in the road the day he was ran over, and Jesus dressed in white, picking his injured little body up off the pavement and carrying him home.
We have comfort knowing he is not in pain, and he is with Jesus.
Each and everyday has some challenges, we will persevere through this and I want to thank each and everyone of you for helping us during this time.
Love, The Holter family
Brad, Patty, Tommy, Mikayla, Curtis and Joshua
