I got my 1st birthday card of the year today. A lovely little note signed "With all my love, Grandpa".
Of course, I got choked up. Because just last year it was "Grandma & Pa", how she always signed the cards. She underlined random words, that was her thing. Now, just a lone Grandpa. Even the signature looked lonely...if that's even possible.
I miss her a lot lately. Knowing that just one year ago she was here and I could call her. Knowing that a year ago Grandpa had a partner. Knowing that the card from last year was from both.
It's the little things that give stark reminders of the way things are now, how everything has changed yet life still goes on. Every day we keep walking, keep talking, keep making plans...hoping against hope we can see them through.
Funny how a birthday card can say so much, bring up so much emotion. I stuck it in the box where I keep all the ones from years before. All the ones signed with both names. I can't really bring myself to go back and read them all...it's too soon, too different...but I guess that's just the way things are now.
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6.25.2009
The Way Things Are Now.
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I feel the same way about the loss of my grandmother...four years later and I still cry at the thought of her no longer being around. I pray you find comfort in her legacy! :)
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