when you are having fun. Or so the saying goes. Although it wasn't all fun, 2008 was a good year overall. The toughest was the loss of granny, and then later in the year the stress of pinkslips and the worldwide economic calamity. But we came through the latter completely unscathed - with raises and promotions. So far 2009 looks like it is going to be even better on that front. We miss granny terribly, but I am quite certain she has been looking out for us since she passed on. Next week it will have been a full year... ugh. I know that reality is much more difficult for my sweetest.
I remember that first anniversary of my Mom's passing. It sucked. Now nearly 11 years later, I am finally feeling myself again. Completely life altering losing someone so dear to you... and I try to mindful of the visceral pain of the earlier years of grief that my sweetest and her Mom are going through all over again this week. I try to be mindful of how far away my sweetest seems sometimes knowing where she is, and how asking her to be present really only makes it worse. I remember that circuitous path... It calls so much into question, and that is happening for her now. I feel so much older now... so much wiser. More comfortable in my experiences. Unfortunately I also feel so much fatter... more on that later.
My best bitch from grad school is now officially a doctor. I'm so proud of him and I know his postdoc will be fabulous. We lunched today on fine indian fare... I will miss him more than he knows when he heads north in a few short months. Thankfully, not too far north. Road trip! Road trip! Road trip! Good thing we finally bought a new car...
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