I wish I had something more profound to say. This month will be a year since Judith passed. Laura is graduating high school and I feel Judith's absense more acutely than ever. How am I to guide this young lady? I have none of her mother's insights. There's so much she will have to learn on her own.
We have lost so much in the recent past. My grandfather, aunt, wife and grandmother, in that order. As I move into the role of "elder" in my family, I know that the largest changes are still to come.
I remember riding in my little red wagon. It was so hard to push up the hill, that I thought all the hard work had been done by the time I crested it. Turns out, that was nothing compared to the wild ride down the other side.