October 12, 2018 Jaime and Jack

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Things that involve going to the elementary school where Sawyer attended were difficult, almost impossible. We hoped that a new school for Sterling would help, and it has, but at some point, all things childhood related are tough.
Today we were sporting #mysawyerbracelet as we volunteered at Fall Field Day at Sterling's new school. We were tender-hearted as we recalled years of volunteering with Sawyer but thrilled we could muster the courage to spend the day with our girl!



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