Until we meet again...

What can I say...I know I have been sorely absent.  I have so many reasons.  Some of them bring tears if I entertain them too long, others have just kept me so busy these last two months.  I have opened up this blog so many times to write but it just was not there.  Have any of you ever felt this way?  There is so much that letting any of it out may just cause an avalanche.

The main reason I can find for my writers block is the loss of a most beautiful flower.  A life time ago (it seems) I shared a story of my friend Amy.  She was battling the most valiant fight with cancer, angiosarcoma to be specific. I wrote of how I would wear her shoes to try and feel what it was like to "walk in her shoes".  It is so hard to accept a world where she won't ever call me again or pop up out of the blue and invite me to a birthday party or just hang out. Amy passed away in the arms of her beloved husband on October 30th.  It still feels unreal, but it is real.

Amy, I will never forget you, you will always be a part of me no matter where I go or what I do and I will always cherish the times we spent together. You had a gift for really letting people into your life and making them feel like they were your very best friend. You taught me to be a friend to someone without worrying about getting hurt, to accept my mission as a wife and mother with love and never complain.  I will love you my friend, through your beautiful children, through the memories we have, through the love we both share for our faith. I will pray for you unceasingly, I hope that you will be praying for us...Until we meet again.