Remembering those who we have Loved and Lost

As I take a break from the world of work and the hard nights of third shift, I'm not sure what prompted me to take an extra day off of this special weekend. Maybe it was for thought, maybe for resting, or maybe because I need an extra day to figure out my own emotions on the past ones of my family and friends who I have loved and lost.

I'm not sure what this day would bring, as it is only Sunday...But this was the day that my Mother, Patty and myself could get together and visit some family and friends who we had lost. I'm not sure if it was the event of doing this, or the remembrance of those in the past, but I was unable to sleep soundly throughout the night and woke up around 2:30am wide awake. Staying awake for the whole day until around noon we started to head out on our journey.

We made our way out to Allegan to remember an old friend who was dear to us and close to us. My Mother planted some beautiful flowers around his grave, and we watered them so they would survive. We made our way through Richland and out to the Fort Custer Cemetery to honor my Mom's parents. (My Grandfather was a PVT and was in WWII). While we were there, it had been a long time since I had visited another old friend all the way back from elementry school, and thought it would be nice to say hello and still see her smiling face in my memory.

As we made our back back into Battle Creek, we made one more last stop...And that stop was to also visit my Aunt Faye and my Father and his parents as well. Bringing flowers to my Father's grave I stood there looking down at the earth thinking that even though it has been over two years it still doesn't seem like it's real or even possible that he's gone.

As the rest of the weekend goes on, I am hopeful to try and get the courage enough to head back out to Fort Custer and attend their Memorial Service.

To those who have loved and lost, remember they will always live on in our hearts...