Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The guys from ADM stopped by:

and they brought platters from subway for lunch...they have been so great for Steve and us...Terri brought cookies and brownies this morning...and the obit out of the paper...
friends have called some...but it has been a quiet day...
its a major change from the last week...everyone called for updates and to see what they could do...
I have got a lot of things to unlearn in the next month...I always called Harold every day to check in on him...and now I don't have to do that anymore...
we always made sure to answer the phone or it was the first thing we checked if we were out...
just in case he needed us...
Steve, Craig and his friend, Ben have left for the visitation...Doug, Tiff and I are staying here...still not back to normal...Doug will do the funeral tomorrow with them and Tiff is going to stay with me...
We have never been so sick for so long ever...this last month has been draining in so many ways...we are looking forward to next week starting...
Steve needs to install a new garbage disposal this weekend...it went out last weekend and we just haven't had the time...but we will after Wednesday...
looking back...I'm not sure how we managed to get it all done not being well...
the rest of the month will be a time of physical healing...plenty of rest...less stress...

Isn't it amazing...

how your life can change so much in just a week's time?
We spend the hours preparing and sharing memories, laughing through tears, at some of the best times of our lives...times when parents were still earthbound...and our worst concerns were so trivial...when we knew no true sorrow...and thought it would last forever...
all the days of laughter...introducing grandchild to grandparent for the first time...family dinners...Saturday afternoons...holidays...
then we were the "kids"... and they were the older ones...and time flew by...so here we are now...we are the older ones...the oldest generation...
and we sit and look at each other and wonder where all the time has gone...but our hearts are full of love and laughter that all those years have made...and thankful for the time we have had...
as we begin another chapter...and the pressure is on...for now we have to be the older and wiser...and I know they will be watching...and cheering us on...

Obit:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jg-tc/obituary.aspx?n=harold-dennis&pid=138681882