Thanks for sharing Yvette. I could not help but release without your permission.
Love brother Benito
Yvette Muise – 17 November 2020
To Mikaela, Ann, David, Aleixo Muise, Debra, Joe, Kelly and Betty
My dearest Mikaela, and My dearest Family and Friends,
Greetings from my solo flight of astronomical proportions which are sometimes
filled with wonderful bursts of Light to fill my heart with immense joy and
love that blow away the dark clouds of isolation and C-19 proportions since
January.
So …. Here I am again, on this joyous day.... a-sharing my thoughts and
felicitations with all of you.
Writing! Introductions! And more introductions, my companions on my solo
flight. Ha! Hello.
Here I am again with another introduction which I am sending along with many
greetings and blessings. This is turning out to be a wonderful November 2020.
Thank you, God.
I am delighted to introduce my granddaughter Mikaela Lewis, daughter of our
Anna Marie and David.
BUT FIRST OF ALL “HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKAELA WITH ALL MY LOVE and from Grand pa
Mike in heaven, I’m sure. ”
So, everybody,
Meet my granddaughter Mikaela who is turning 17 today.
What a milestone, given that our darling first grandchild was born
three months too soon, and weighed under two pounds at birth. I remember
clearly the SOS call from David, her Dad, who informed us, seventeen years ago,
that Anna Marie was in the hospital and that her
baby who was due in February was on her way that day, the 17th, in
November. Mike and I rushed to Ottawa the very next day and were there to see
the tiniest baby I had ever seen when David took me to the neo-natal room,
where I saw this tiny little girl’s heart beating on the monitor, so perfectly,
prompting me to say :’ Her heartbeat is better than mine ‘... and the nurses
looked at each other as if to say ‘ we’ve got a nut-case on our hands.’... as I
put my hand on Mikaela’s incubator and begged God to protect our baby and
keep her safe in His loving hands. I was positive that God would hear my
prayer, and He did. Mikaela is indeed our second miracle baby. I know, and I
also believe in miracles.
And, when I got back to Anna Marie’s room, I told her not to worry, saying
‘Don’t worry Anna Marie, your baby is going to be just fine. ‘My very concerned
and loving doctor-son Aleixo then took me out of the room and very
professionally told me that I shouldn’t say such things to Anna Marie because
it was a very critical situation, and that anything could happen during the
night, to which I replied, ‘Don’t worry Aleixo. I have a direct line to heaven,
and all will be well.’....he shook his head in a quandary, thinking his mother
had lost it.
Well, here we are seventeen years later, and our darling ‘premier‘ is , thanks
to heaven’s intervention, a beautiful young lady in grade 12 excelling in all
her studies as she gets ready for University in 2021, with pondering thoughts
of pursuing philosophy, or English Lit, or Law.??? ...and she’s much taller
than I am for sure. ‘Thank you, God for your wonderful goodness to us.’
HOW GREAT THOU ART! .... for sure.
Mik is my darling miracle baby too. Here, I’ll share something special with you,
I had a special name for Mike. I used to call him, Miktu. When Mikaela , as a
three year old heard this story, she said she wanted to be called Miktu as
well. We compromised and she settled for Mik 1 .... a name she proudly carries
with love and pride for her grandpa Mike Miktu/2. How we miss him, especially
on days like today.
Now, I’ll tell you a little more about Mikaela … who a few years ago, came
alone, twice, to visit us for her summer holidays, ahead of her family. During
that time, I taught her to knit. She was a keen student e’en as she reminded me
of myself when I was a little girl. She went on to knit beautiful blanket
throws as gifts. Then, last year, I taught her to knit with four needles and
got her started on knitting socks. She excelled in this too and now makes socks
for everybody’s birthdays. I am so proud of her.
Besides her knitting and studious endeavours, Mikaela is also an avid canoeist
and has qualified to become a camp leader as well. Her experiences as a soccer
player, and a dramatist, and poet [she writes lovely poems and has recited a
few of them in school] , over and above her beautiful voice with perfect
pitch.... [you should have heard her rendition of You Raise Me Up , when she
was not yet five....exquisite!...] wish that I had recorded all her songs and
beautiful stories she created as a little girl … all of which, me thinks, make
her an ideal leader, and even perhaps an exceptional ‘teacher ‘someday?
Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps.
SO “HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY MIKAELA. HAVE. A WONDERFUL DAY FILLED WITH MUCH LOVE
AND BLESSINGS. GOD BLESS, MY DEAREST DARLING GRANDDAUGHTER MIK 1. “
This from me and also Miktu/2 in heaven.... I’m so proud and happy to be
sharing this with all of you my dearest Family and Friends. God bless.
All my love today and always.
Yvette
Enclosed are some pictures of interest.
Mikaela’s first knitting project.
Knitting with four needles needs concentration.
An avid canoeist.
Mikaela recites her poem on stage.
