Happy Friday, Cheryl

Here we are at another Friday.  My new least favorite day of the week.  It's been more than six months - SIX MONTHS - since you've been gone.  I still miss you so much it hurts, the tears still come unexpectedly, but you are here with us always.  You are included in our conversations, thought of every day, and walk beside my heart with every step I take.  

I know you're at peace.  You are no longer in daily pain and I am so happy for that.  The best way to describe how I feel is from a quote from one of my favorite movies - Steel Magnolias:  

"We should handle it the best way we know how and get on with it. That's what my mind says, I just wish somebody would explain it to my heart."

Cheryl, I love you and miss you every minute.  Please continue to send me blessings and bang around upstairs. It's nice to know I'm in your thoughts in the hereafter. 

Xoxo