Made it Through

March 3 was Raymond's birthday.  I did pretty good getting through it this year.  Just teared up once. 

He never wanted much of a fuss over his birthday, so it wasn't missing the celebration that made me sad. It was that he died at the peak of our life together and we won't grow old together like we planned.  

I did have to laugh Tues. morning when I was putting my shoes on and realized I was doing it like Raymond used to do and I always thought was strange.  

Now I just have to get through Mom's birthday on the 6th.  

"Grim" GiGi

"Grim GiGi"

Okay, I know it is weird, and a little gruesome, but today would have been my mother's 87th birthday, and she loved this picture that my youngest made of her on the computer. He was playing around putting images together that did not fit together and this is one of the pictures he came up with. Mom thought it was hilarious.

We have the picture on our refrigerator, and many visitors find it in very poor taste, but I don't care. When I see that picture I see my mom laughing and showing it to everyone that came to visit. She loved my youngest and all his quirks, and that is all that matters.

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