Many of our friends, who are not from the Sarasota-Bradenton area, don’t know “our special girls, Charlee and Nova.” Unfortunately, in November 2024, their mom Sara lost her life at the hands of an irresponsible drunk driver.
When you hear the phrase “it takes a village,” it does. Nancy and I and several other folks (of course Mookie too) in our community have stepped up to help “Gammie Leesa.” There are many struggles ahead for this family.
We have become “Surrogate Grandparents” to 5-year-old Charlee and 4-year-old Nova. We take the girls on Tuesdays; Charlee goes to OT and speech class and then we pick up Nova at school. From there it’s always something different. Sometimes McDonalds, we went to Chuck e Cheese, they love the Swordfish Grill, Clancy’s Irish Pub and the Cortez Kitchen, Slicker’s Eatery, going to the movies, looking for fish at the Swordfish dock, but their favorite thing to do is come to my house where we have an early dinner and then it’s game time with Candy Land, coloring books, but best of all they love to chase me and Mookie around the house playing hide n’ seek. Their laughter is contagious, and they wear me out and I love it!…