Two Months Tomorrow

Tomorrow will be December 7th. Two months since she died. Not only do Fridays in general sit in my memory as 'The Friday the police officer told me my daughter had passed away that afternoon', but now there is also the 7th of each month that stands out for me. And of course there is …

Hardest Day

Or second hardest. First hardest I guess was when the police told me she passed. Yesterday was the funeral but so many people were there.. (200?) that i had little time to be sad. Or be anything. Just do, do do... and then we had open house also for any family or friends. But today …

What a beautiful time of year…

The weather is perfect. Sunny and cooler but not cold. Long sleeve weather perhaps, but not jacket weather yet.Autumn colours are making their way on in, turning the different shades of green to hues of red and gold.Perfect weather for taking the boys for walks and for playing in the yard.I love mornings. I was …

Back from our trip

Still trying to decide whether I had a good time or not. I know that sounds horrible. The cabin is great. I love it, all the comforts of home but in the beautiful greenery that is Galiano Island.I think that as usual, my expectations were set too high. I thought that maybe Dante would have …

Happy Birthday Dante!

We celebrated Dante's birthday today, although it isn't actually until the tenth. On the tenth however, we will be on the Island, so we celebrated today.Dante was a reluctant guest of honour.He preferred to open and close all the doors and play with an old, noisy Fisher Price train that is about 30 years old. …