Today is July 5, and I didnt want to post yesterday and detract from the importance of the day to the rest of the nation. So today, it has been ten months and one day since you gained your freedom from sickness and pain. Two months ago, we released your ashes into the ocean because you asked that we do that so that they could go all the places you wouldnt be able to. Are you watching? Do you see them? Its funny how time has a way of standing still, and moving so fast at the same time. Those five and a half hours on the night you died felt like they would go on forever- and in some ways I wanted them to. As we stood and watched the waves wash your ashes away two months ago, it seemed like the water would never come far enough to get the last little bit, but then it did and it was over in an instant- just like your life. But isnt that what its all about? This time last year, family and friends were coming to see you- someone was here almost every day. You knew, for many, it would be the last visit. Those memories are so precious. I learned from that, even more than before, to treasure every second of every day. I look back at the last week- Justin had a birthday and he is all grown up with a career and a beautiful girlfriend, (Samantha
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 13:53:35 +0000
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