Another first…
A plane ride…
Solo…
No hand to hold…
I miss holding his hand…
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Today…
April 1st we would have celebrated Andrew’s 60th birthday.
While his body is no longer with us…I decided to celebrate him…
his soul
his spirit
his love
With a sprinkle of ashes, transported in one of his favorite shot glasses, in to the Potomac River at Colonial Beach…
We talked
Well I talked…he listened
Through tears I told him that he was being celebrated today
Text from family
Text from friends
and then I toasted him…
As you settle down today…lift a glass…it doesn’t matter what’s in it…but lift the glass and toast…
My husband
my friend
a brother
uncle
friend
To memories we hold close in our hearts
his spirit will always be with us
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In the beginning…
I started counting hours..
I started counting days…
I started counting weeks…
I started counting months…
Yesterday, March 12, 2025 marked 8 months…
8 months since I heard your voice
8 months since you told me you loved me
8 months that I saw your heart beat
You know how some emotions steamroll you?
One minute you are folding laundry
the next you are falling apart
I am no stronger today than I was 8 months ago…
but I am am determined…
Determined to move forward
To follow our plans…our path…our future…
but instead of “our” I am following mine
but you will always be beside me
as I blaze a new path
blaze a new future
with you forever in my heart!
rr
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Watching Weston and Carlee dance around the friendzone in this slow burning story that once it heats it…it really heats up. She has rules, she breaks the rules…but once you get a real peak at the behind the scenes story everything falls in to place. Once the steam kicks in…it seriously kicks in. Once the love kicks in…well that is a fun dance to watch. I love the Merryville group that is brought in…and let’s not forget there is some drama…and wow…once you discovery about the craycray ex…wow. And it wouldn’t be co plate with a HEA and a little surprise at the end!
I received a free copy of this book from the author but all opinions are mine.
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I miss the chats about stupid stuff
I miss the comments while watching tv about the newscasters suit
I miss the mundane
the every day stuff that the only people that care about it are the ones in the middle of it
the every day chatter
these are just a very small amount of the things I miss
about Andrew
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The last couple of years I’ve become a music junkie…Andrew and I started watching the Grammy’s several years ago and each time we’d hear a new (to us) artist we would add them to our play list. My apple music is all over the place, from Mipso to Billie Eilish to Benson Boone to Taylor Swift to Norah Jones…just really depends on my mood.
I’m sitting here this afternoon, listening to a channel compilation from AppleMusic
…and it does not disappoint.
Two summers ago, well now almost three, we started listening to music on the back porch, in our own little world, surrounded by the trees. We took turns on what we would listen to…me leaning towards Norah and Mipso and Benson, him leaning towards Taylor and Billie…we would read as the music washed over us.
I now listen to music all the time thanks to AppleMusic and Homepods. I have the mini-homepods all through the house, kitchen, sewing room, office, even my little sitting area that I love in the summer with the sun beaming in. In the living room I have two of the bigger original Homepods, and as I type this I’m listening to a channel that is perfect…it’s a mix of all the current artist I like.
So as I sit here listening to our favorite artist, drinking a Cosmo that Andrew managed to perfect, my memories take me back to the summers on the porch…the music, the cocktails and the company…so many happy memories.
So cheers to all my friends that listen to good music…read good books…and sip cocktails/wine/beer.
kar
ps: Here is the recipe for the KA Cosmo
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Have you ever been in a mood…
not a bad mood…
just a mood
Not able to put a finger on the whys
just a mood
Maybe it’s the frigid temperatures
or the gray skies
or the combo of both
Or
Maybe it’s not weather related
it’s just what it is
a mood
But with everything else…this too shall pass because
after all
Tomorrow is a new day
kar
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Six months has past since you last said my name but I say yours daily.
When someone loses someone they love, the looks, the sadness in others eyes is almost too much to grasp when you are dealing with your own grief. But the panic in their eyes, not knowing if they could or should say their name, that is the worst.
So
Please
Say
Their
Name
When talking of lost loved ones, say their name. It’s okay, really, I promise you that to hear others say their name does bring comfort. The comfort comes from knowing that you did not forget what it was, that it still forms on your lips, that it is still in your mind, in your heart, that they are still with you.
So
Please
Say
Their
Name
I for one am grateful when I hear his name, because you see…over six months ago he said my name for the last time but I still say his daily.
Andrew…to this day it still sounds so familiar on my lips because you see…he is still in
my
heart
mind
soul
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Kintsugi – the art of repairing pottery with gold – a Japanese word literally means “golden joinery”
I carry this word with me daily
I use the image of repairing the cracks in my heart with gold or memories of the life we had together.
So you see
a broken heart
can be mended
with the memories of the love lost
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Hold the memories close to your heart
All memories
the good
the bad
ALL The MEMORIES
It is the memories that may break your heart
It is the memories that may make your sad
BUT
It is the memories that will heal your heart
It is the memories that will bring a small to your face
Trust in the memories
Happy Christmas
rr
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