micah_bush.odt

February 12, 2015

Born January 26, 1996 at Herrick Hospital in Tecumseh, Michigan to Mark Edward and Nancy Lynne Bush.

He joined the family of 3 brothers, Nathan almost 12, Aaron 9 and John 6.

Micah was born when I retired from the bank, so I was able to spend more time with him growing up. His Aunt Sue, his mom and I went shopping, to sewing/craft shows, to Amish areas, etc. and Micah went with us.

One time when we went to the Amish area in Ohio, Micah was about 2 ½. I was watching him in the stroller, while the others were looking in the Christmas store. There was a fenced in area with farm animals and I was telling him what the animals were. When I showed him the donkey, he said “Jesus rode on a donkey”.

One time the Bush boys were spending the night with us. We were eating spaghetti for supper. Micah was sitting in the high chair. I could see that he was getting sleepy. I looked over at him as his head went face down in his plate of spaghetti. We washed him off and his brother, Aaron carried him to the bedroom and put him in bed. During the night I heard someone get up and I got up. It was Micah. He was going in the bathroom with his pajamas. He said that he forgot to put his pajamas on when he went to bed.

Micah spent a lot of time having stories read to him. One time on the way to Shipshewana, Indiana, he was telling a story word for word. I said something to his mom and he said to me “I'm not done with the story yet”. So I listened until he was through with his story.

Micah always like our cat. One time I was sweeping under the bed and I found a note that Micah had written. “Dear Cat. Please come out. John and Micah”. The cat liked it under the bed when people were around, especially the kids. I always wondered if he thought the cat could read.

Another time Micah was spending the night at our house. He wanted to make breakfast for us the next morning. So he made omelets. When he found out that I didn't make omelets, he made a recipe card for me with the directions to make them.

Micah was 5 when we went out west with the Bush family. One of the things I remember about him was his interest in the prairie dogs we saw in the Badlands in South Dakota. He spent quite a bit of time watching them and seeing how close he could get to them.

Micah likes to read the Sunday comics, so I save them for him to read when he comes to our house.

Micah liked to watch videos when he came to our house. He watched the Home Alone series and the Beethoven series over and over.

The summer of 2012, Micah worked for us. Mostly he worked in our basement sanding, priming, painting and other jobs that I had him do. He was a hard worker, didn't waste time, stuck to a job and did a good job.