After another great day/evening spent with family on the deck, I fell asleep in the bathtub watching videos on my iPad (I happen to have a tray that holds everything perfectly.) When I woke up, well, I was awake. So I went back to the deck to make sure everything was put up and turned off; I took my phone…
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I’m sitting here on the deck with a fire in the fireball and the birds singing to me. It’s still pretty dark and candles are lit. When I opened my eyes this morning and saw it was so early, my first thought was: get up and go build a fire. I almost talked myself out of it and then remembered……
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This morning as I walked back to Joe’s park, where he took his last breath, I was once again so grateful for this gift that he left me; left us, those that loved him. He thought this through. As sad and tragic as it all is he made sure of certain things. You can see his compassion and his love…
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We have all had a roller coaster of a time over here for the last few weeks, to be sure. We have laughed well and cried hard. We have shared music and sang. We have told stories that hurt. We have counseled, and we have been counseled. We have listened. We have walked. We have talked and talked and talked….
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One of the most magical moments of my last week (and there were many) happened around the table on the back deck. Sitting. Standing. Talking. Crying. Consoling. Sharing Our hearts. We were genuinely sharing our hearts. It didn’t happen on purpose, those things seldom do. I don’t even remember who was gathered, I wish I did, but there were several….
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