Conversation From Last Night

Mac:  Daddy, aren't you proud of Mommy?

John:  For what?

Mac:  For raising such a good boy.

John:  Didn't I have something to do with that, too?

Mac:  A little.

John:  Anyway, who says you're a good boy?

Mac:  I do.

Starting Over

My mother died on October 22, 2009.  She was an amazing woman who is missed by so many people.  I think of her every day, trying to live my life the way she would want me to in the midst of all my grief about no longer having her.

I haven't written on this blog since her death, because I simply didn't know what to say.  All I could think about was her, but I wasn't ready to write.  My mom and I saw each other or spoke on the phone every day.  There are countless times when I want to call her and tell her something funny about what the kids did or said, and sometimes it still surprises me that I can't.  So I have decided that this blog will be a place to share the things I would have told her and I hope somewhere she knows we are still thinking about her and loving her beyond measure.