Sadderday
Dearest,
I went to visit you today. I told you all my problems, talked about the holidays and cried. I placed a little greenery in front of your headstone and I thought it looked so sad. As I looked up through my watery eyes I saw a plot behind yours. It had a full sized, fully decorated Christmas tree with solar lights and everything. It also had a decorated wreath and pictures and candles, what is going on there? I walked over and saw that it was a males name, a little quick math revealed that he was just 18 and he died last month. A grief fresher than mine. A tragedy greater than ours. Every parents nightmare.
Then I went to Audubon. I don't know how I'm driving with tears streaming down my face. I felt a little better when I got there. I was playing with my lil buddy and he was sitting on my head, as usual. Then Ed gave him something. "What are you doing?" Feeding him mice. He was feeding him mice on my head! I'm going to have mouse blood and guts all in my hair! Ed laughed at me and said "So? You gotta take a shower when you get home anyway." Not cool, very gross in fact. I don't want mouse guts in my hair! Who the hell does?
I didn't get much accomplished today. Because I could sleep as late as I wanted to I was up before the alarm. Did a few chores started a load of laundry, ate and went back to sleep. Woke up, ran errands, put the laundry in the dryer ate and went back to sleep. See a pattern developing? Woke up went to see you and went to Audubon, hung up the clothes and went back to sleep. Now I'm up again, ate, gonna watch a movie and, guess what? Go back to sleep, tadaa. I don't know what I'm gonna do without you. No tree, no wreath, no presents. Christmas without you will never be the same. There's nothing left of Christmas, only memories remain.
missing you, Your Ken
I went to visit you today. I told you all my problems, talked about the holidays and cried. I placed a little greenery in front of your headstone and I thought it looked so sad. As I looked up through my watery eyes I saw a plot behind yours. It had a full sized, fully decorated Christmas tree with solar lights and everything. It also had a decorated wreath and pictures and candles, what is going on there? I walked over and saw that it was a males name, a little quick math revealed that he was just 18 and he died last month. A grief fresher than mine. A tragedy greater than ours. Every parents nightmare.
Then I went to Audubon. I don't know how I'm driving with tears streaming down my face. I felt a little better when I got there. I was playing with my lil buddy and he was sitting on my head, as usual. Then Ed gave him something. "What are you doing?" Feeding him mice. He was feeding him mice on my head! I'm going to have mouse blood and guts all in my hair! Ed laughed at me and said "So? You gotta take a shower when you get home anyway." Not cool, very gross in fact. I don't want mouse guts in my hair! Who the hell does?
I didn't get much accomplished today. Because I could sleep as late as I wanted to I was up before the alarm. Did a few chores started a load of laundry, ate and went back to sleep. Woke up, ran errands, put the laundry in the dryer ate and went back to sleep. See a pattern developing? Woke up went to see you and went to Audubon, hung up the clothes and went back to sleep. Now I'm up again, ate, gonna watch a movie and, guess what? Go back to sleep, tadaa. I don't know what I'm gonna do without you. No tree, no wreath, no presents. Christmas without you will never be the same. There's nothing left of Christmas, only memories remain.
missing you, Your Ken
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