• The Question

    The Question

    I took Baby to get his hair cut. I think he has grown taller since you left. The hairdresser couldn’t believe he was only thirteen years old. Since we were there, I checked to see if they could squeeze me in. It has been at least two years since I had a professional haircut. They…

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  • Unpack

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    It is a beautiful day today, sweet boy. The kind of day you would sit on the swing and with furious determination scroll through your Ipad. I managed to catch up on watering plants and even repotted a couple. Still, most of the day was spent on the couch unpacking the medical trauma from two…

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    Unpack
  • Church

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    Steve and I went to church today with the “baby.” When I brought Nathan home from the hospital thirteen years ago I taught you the sign for “baby”. It didn’t occur to me then that someday you would still be calling the six-foot one teen age brother “baby”. You loved it when he came with…

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    Church
  • Home Depot

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    Two weeks ago this day your heart beat for the last time. It feels like two decades at times and two minutes at others. Time is cruel. I went to Home Depot today. You hated Home Depot. It was your least favorite store but we also had fun there, especially during Christmas. We would push…

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    Home Depot
  • It Isn’t Just Walmart

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    I ventured out for the first time in almost two weeks since my precious son passed away. We drove to a Walmart 30 minutes from our home, one he did not go to on our daily outings. I thought it might be easier. I thought wrong. Walmart is Walmart. We walked in. Deep breath. Two…

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    It Isn’t Just Walmart