Sweet Megan By My Side...

Megan and I spent almost the entire day together today. I went on my 6 mile because it seemed like the best thing to do, to keep things as normal as possible, and to deal with anxious thoughts. When I got back I called Megan to see if she wanted to go on a walk and she did… so I drove to her house to make it easier with Luke. We enjoyed a beautiful walk remembering mom the whole time and just sharing our feelings about her. She made me breakfast when we got back and it tasted soooo good—French toast and bacon! After we both showered and got ready for the day, she came back over to my house and we literally spent the rest of the day together and I am so grateful for this. She stayed by my side the entire day! Megan is such a sweetheart to do this and it’s how she’s always been—staying right by my side! My sweet friend Jamie came over also and brought me 3 Twisted Sugar cookies and a drink—which I shared with Megan and later with McKenzie. We had a nice visit and Jamie made me laugh and feel better about things. She lost her mom as a young mother and comforted me with empathy and love! She got to hold Luke and so did I... his smiles melt my Grandma heart! Then later on, Camille Hart brought over flowers and a card for us. What a sweet, kind lady! We visited with her for a bit about mom and all the tender feelings we were experiencing. Megan joined us for dinner. (Todd had a volleyball practice.) Bill came home and made a really good soup out of the Roast Beef he cooked. It tasted so good and so was comforting. Kim Montgomery showed up just as we finished eating with a homemade chicken pot pie that we could re-heat. What a sweet thing to do! (We ended up eating it for dinner on Thursday night and I invited Megan and Todd to come eat with us because there was no way we could eat it all.) Comfort food really is just that! People have reached out in so many ways today—texts, Facebook, Messenger, visits—for the entire day and for the rest of the week. Mom has impacted so many lives and touched them for the better! I have felt people’s prayers for me and our family. I took part of the day to sit down and write down all of Mom’s favorite things—it turned into paragraphs of memories and I felt her reminding me of many different things so I wouldn’t forget anything! That was a sweet experience too!

A sweet little tender mercy: Bill came across this savings account statement at work from around the time Megan was born, with a couple of sweet notes attached from Dad. There is no coincidence in this and I truly believe the veil is thin. I can feel Mom close by!