I Hope This Lettter Finds You Well...

 Get on with your life.  That is what I am supposed to do.   You are gone.  You are not coming back.  So I am supposed to get on with my life.  That is awful easy to say.  But I am not having much luck actually doing it. We did almost everything together.  We traveled in our motorhome.  We took the Red Hemi to car shows.  We shopped at JC Penney.  The Red Hemi is gone and the RV will be soon.  I guess I could go shopping.  But you know me..... that just means me sitting at the computer and choosing what I want and hitting the button.

I can't remember what life is without you.  The choice of life with or without you was one we made over fifty years ago.  We made the right choice!  <tears>  I am on my second box of kleenex since you left.  And it is not just me.  The boys miss Gmom, especially Noah and Elijah.  You would be so proud of them.  They are fine young men.  Noah traded the pickup you helped him buy and has gotten a bigger one.  His plates are SLVRHEMI.  I wonder where that idea came from.   Elijah is doing great in his job and bought himself a car.  It is a reflection of their mothers, which is really a reflection of us.  We did good.  Even though you wanted boys, we have three daughters that anyone would be proud of.  I am going to watch Jacoby later today.  He is doing what he loves, playing football for Central.  Maybe you can come and watch him tonight too.  Watch over him.  Ryder will be there playing in the band.

The holidays are coming.  This will be the first year that we are not together.  I thought that being alone might be better choice for me this year.  But Courtney said "Absolutely not!".  They want my cornbread stuffing so I have to be there.  You don't need to worry.  They are looking after me.  After the Thanksgiving dishes are cleared, I am going to be wrapping the present I bought you for Christmas.  I hope that you will like it.  It should fit nicely into your collection.  Sadly, I am returning that nice wool coat I bought you last Christmas.  You never got to wear it.  

You would be happy that all of your beautiful clothes are going to a women's shelter.  I know that they will appreciate them as much as you did.   I did keep your favorite winter hat.  It makes me smile every time I look at it.  I think I may put it next to my grandmother's cookie jar.  It will be the start of the Make Me Smile collection.   I do wish you could tell me where the emerald bracelet is because we can't find it.

I will be going to the condo's Coffee Hour in  little while.  I am trying to stay connected with other people, even though I would rather just be alone with the kleenex.

Please take care of yourself.  I am looking forward to that next dance.  Until the twelfth of never.....