Heading to Florida Again.

Opa.....George Blomberg

Our pretty blue/red  plane....heading to Florida

Vivi sleeps the whole way.  

We got the phone call that no one ever wants to get.  Opa/George Blomberg who was like a father to me and a grandfather to my children, had died.  George lived an amazing life of 91 years.  I grew up hearing the many stories of Christina and George's life over in Germany and in the States.  I met their daughter, Marina in fourth grade and we were like sisters ever since.  I grew up spending half my time at the Blomberg's and became a part of their family.  How lucky I was!  I dreamed of going to Germany one day and seeing where Marina was born and seeing all the places they talked about.  When I was 38 years old, it happened!  George went back to Germany to work for Honeywell for two years so we were able to fly over and stay with Christina and George for 17 days.  What a wonderful experience that was!!!  The year before we moved to Alabama, Marina passed away.  It has been a big void in my life.  I miss her so much and now George is gone too.  Michelle/Vivienne and I hopped on a plane and headed to Florida to be with Christina for a few days and to be there  for the funeral.  This was Vivi's second plane trip and she did great!  No one even knew there was a baby on the plane.  Having Vivi with us on this trip helped us keep our minds off of the sadness of the trip for a few minutes here and there.  She is a funny little girl.  She learned to crawl, talk ( well, she thinks she is talking) sit in a high chair and shopping cart, grab mommy's phone out of her purse when mommy isn't looking, give slobbery kisses on your cheek and belly laugh because she thinks Grandma looks funny.  We were so glad that Opa got to meet Vivienne when we were down there in May.  George will be missed by everyone in my family.....Chuck as a good friend and a grand father to Ryan and Michelle.  What an honor to have had George in our lives.