There are just days when I wake up and they are beautiful, and I can go out into the world and do and be and function like I did before everything went so horribly wrong. I still think of you often on those days. I still weep in silence and speak your name, but it doesn't make my heart ache to where I am paralyzed from it. Then there are still those days where I get so overwhelmed by the pain of knowing that I will never, in my lifetime, see, touch, hug, laugh with you, or share another Moment with you that it shakes me to the core of my being! I want any other Mother or Father out there to hear me on this. It is ok to be a total mess sometimes. To wake up and feel like you've made no progress and that you just want to hide from the world. Do not feel like you are alone in this! The sad fact of all of this is that even if your family and closest friends do not understand why you are the way you are, there are millions of people out there who do! The number is growing daily. I...
Just as you begin to imagine that you had a good day you are getting ready for bed and it hits you. Like a truck with no brakes headed for the safety ramp horn blaring and lights flashing. You feel that emptiness all over again and you know that your night is beginning and it will be long and treacherous. Dark and dismal. Full of memories you can't afford to forget and yet some you'd rather not remember. The paradox of your life comes to life. You see his sweet face yet hear the last fight replaying over in your mind. You feel his hug but remember the last time he ran, in fact ran so far and so fast you didn't know that he had gone until he called you from Florida. All of these random thoughts run on and on making me feel as if I am going to lose my mind. Then I gather myself together in my next breath knowing that I still have work to do here. Important work. I have two wonderful kids at home. They can't see me lose it over and over again. Yes, the night comes i...
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