I get by with a little help from my friends (and family)...

5/27/2010

Hello faithful followers.

I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while. It certainly isn’t from the lack of trying. I have created many entries and then not posted them. Some too sappy and pathetic. Some too mean, too real and too honest. Some too repetitive (they get it Amy – he was wonderful, he is gone and you miss him). Nevertheless, I’ve found it helpful journaling regardless if I hit the submit button or not.

So what has happened since the last entry?

Relay for Life. I tell you, if I’ve learned anything since David’s death - I now know who our TRUE friends are. What do true friends do? Let me tell you. They come out and honor the memory of their friend - your husband under ANY circumstances.

- They rush home from a vacation to come
- They leave their VERY preggo wife to attend
- They carry loads and loads of supplies (in and out)
- They come tired, pregnant and with swollen feet
- They leave work early to help you setup
- They make second trips home for missing supplies
- They bring their adorable little family – sleeping bags and all and stick it out with you
- They try with all their might to sell the practically unsellable Buddy LaRosa’s cards
- They spend hours making baked goods for the bake sale (or make a trip to Emerson’s and that was OK too) =D
- They walk and they walk and they walk lap after lap. With sweat and sore feet but they continue on.

I can go on and on. I am so blessed with amazing friends. They are the kind of friends that have invited me away for the holiday weekend so that I don’t spend my first Memorial Day without David alone. Instead I get to go to the lake he loved (Lake Cumberland) and do something he thoroughly enjoyed – striper fishing – well that and drink =). The point is I’m so fortunate. I can be surrounded by 100 of these true friends and still be lonely because David isn’t there. BUT – that loneliness is a whole lot easier to cope with when I have my support system adjoining me. For that I will be forever grateful. I am one lucky lady. Thank you friends. All of you! This is for you all...

Now family… What can I say? I’d be lost without them. Mom, Dad, Lauren & Tyler. Thank you so much for being there. Thank you for loving David like he was your son/brother. I know David was honored to have you there wearing his memorial shirts and walking in his honor. He loved you guys so much and was so thankful that you so openly welcomed him into your lives. Thank you for always taking such good care of him, making him feel as special as he was, and never making him feel inadequate or lesser a man. I love you all! This is for you...

Well, that is about it folks. As you read above, I’m off to the lake. The Goal – catch the biggest striper bass of the weekend in Dave’s memory, take lots of pictures and then set it free to live on in this crazy, messed up world. We will see!

Sending lots of love,

Amy