#FlowersBringMeJoy (5/8/2019)
Oh, but the blooms bring me a moment of bliss
and shield me from the brutality of a world
that extinguishes the fragile innocence of youth
and wilts the wonder this life holds. ~ABS 5/7/2019
April 10, 2023 - TWENTY YEARS!
“Twenty years was yesterday, and yesterday was just earlier this morning, and morning seemed light-years away.” – Andre Aciman TWENTY YEARS? Two decades? I sit here and wonder…HOW? W asn’t it just yesterday?...because the pain is still so fresh. But wasn’t it forever ago?...because it seems like a 100 years since I’ve heard your laugh or seen your smile? I’ve felt rather morose for a few months now, knowing today was peeking up over the horizon at me in 2023. It has weighed heavily on me. I’ve spent so much time of late, wondering if is morbid to memorialize the day we lost you – or even disrespectful to invest so much emotion in remembrance of the last moments we had with you. Maybe it is more appropriate to remain taciturn, or better yet maybe simply let the day pass with no mention of the sadness it evokes. But somehow, that hurts worse. Oh, Dad! I miss you so much. You were a b...
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