A house isn't our home until it has a door destroyed by Emmett. That's how the saying goes, right? That's how I remember it, anyway. So, yeah. Emmett locked himself in the freshly-painted bathroom and decided to dig his way out. He made it halfway. Ahem. Anyway, it's Thanksgiving week! Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I just love it, and this year--for the first time
The shape of our days
How does time slip past us so quickly? Where does it go? Tomorrow, Lucas will have been gone for three weeks. How can that be? When he left us, our hearts were shattered. We wondered how we would ever put the pieces back together. Finally, I realized: They will never be put back together, at least not in the same shape. We can reassemble all the little shattered pieces from the loss of that
The cat food spoon
A small part of me still thinks that Lucas is just in the other room, that I'll hear him hopping around or pinning Coop or crying because Newt is blocking his way to the water dish. He will have been gone two weeks tomorrow, and I find myself still waiting for him to come home. Like he's just at doggy daycare or the vet or something. Not gone gone. First, thank you all for the kindnesses. We
He’s gone.
He's gone, and we are shattered. He went too soon. It's always too soon. Lucas joined our family on March 28, 2007, and he left us on October 28, 2015. But he is forever and ever part of our soul. I miss my friend. So much. It will take time to pick up these pieces.
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