On Olivia's last day in Chicago, she wanted to see an iplifting movie. Nothing scary or Halloweenish.
So we chose It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most uplifting movies ever made.
Little did we know that Maris had left this world only a few hours before. If obnly he had watched this movie the day before, everything could have been different.
How could our dearest Maris not know what a wonderful life he had? How much he was valued and loved and treasured? what an important difference he made to our family and to the world?
We knew....yet we did not show it enough.
when we chose that movie, how could we not know Maris was gone?
We stopped at Starbucks to buy coffee for breakfast, and that is when I got the phone call telling me the air force was waiting for me at home. I ran out of the store without the coffee, my heart pounding painfully. If Olivia had not been praying aloud the whole time we could not have gotten home without incident.
How could we not have known?
What kind of abyss...what kind of evil spell was I living under my whole life?
Maris Michael Butta, Senior Airman, son of Raymond and Deena, nee Weglarz; brother of Alexander and Philip Butta. A 2006 graduate of Gordon Tech High School, Maris was a member of the 8th Intel squadron in the U.S. Air Force at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. He was decorated with the Air Force Achievement Medal and earned the following awards: Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terror Service Medal and the Air Force Training Ribbon. In lieu of flowers, memorial donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Pkwy., Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256. Visitation Monday, 3 to 9 p.m., and Tuesday, 9 a.m., until time of service, 10 a.m., at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago. Interment St. Adalbert Cemetery.
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