February brings Valentines Day, Presidents Day, sometimes Chinese New Year, and the birthday of our youngest. This year was a relatively quiet celebration. #1 Son could not make it home from GMU (sniff). We were on break that week, so … Continue reading Marvelous in our eyes
Mother’s Day approaches, and I know that at some time unexpected I will find myself totally taken aback by tears, my heart suddenly stricken with grief. I think it will be today. But I won’t know until it happens. My mother died on June 21, 2006. This date also happens to be the date of my father-in-law’s birth. He passed away July 5, 2005, and I’m certain that my gentle father-in-law understands when I say how glad I am that I don’t have to actually celebrate his birthday and my mother’s deathday on the same day. He left us suddenly, and the jolt was … Continue reading Missing Mom…
